What's the difference between snook and stook?

Snook


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To lurk; to lie in ambush.
  • (n.) A large perchlike marine food fish (Centropomus undecimalis) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia, and robalo.
  • (n.) The cobia.
  • (n.) The garfish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Use of the modified Lee and the Chrisman-Snook techniques as described have provided good results.
  • (2) We report on lead, cadmium, selenium, and mercury levels in snook, locally called robalo (Centropomus spp.
  • (3) Close to a year later Gignac can cock a snook at all those who said Mexico would be a burial ground as far as his career was concerned.
  • (4) Most of these are tenodeses where one of the peroneus tendons is used, such as Evans, Watson-Jones, and Chrisman-Snook reconstructions.
  • (5) Yet one of the key attractions of Malick for a festival that that adores eccentric auteurs (he eschews all press commitments) meant that the director did not, in fact, turn up to receive his award – though he apparently snook into its premiere unnoticed.
  • (6) Leaders regularly cock a snook at democratic niceties in staying in power and many seem largely out of touch with their people's needs, behind their high walls and blue-light security cavalcades.
  • (7) Of the thousands of cartoons with which Charlie Hebdo has cocked a snook at authority, one in particular makes a philosophical point.
  • (8) Nineteen patients suffering from chronic post-traumatic instability at the ankle were treated surgically by the Chrisman-Snook technique.
  • (9) This study confirms the efficacy of the Chrisman-Snook technique in the treatment of ankle instability, even in cases of gross ankle laxity or with patients engaged in very demanding sports.
  • (10) We performed the Evans, Watson-Jones, and Chrisman-Snook procedures on 15 cadaveric ankles and tested the ankles for stability, motion, and isometry of graft placement.
  • (11) And yes, he cocked a snook at the US by giving asylum to the NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
  • (12) No significant mortality was observed for the other organisms, which included: brown shrimp (Panaeus aztecus), grass shrimp (Palaemonetes pugio), juvenile snook (Centropomis undecimalis) and sheepshead minnow (Cyprinodon variegatus).
  • (13) Among many methods of reconstruction of the lateral malleolus ligaments, the Chrisman-Snook method distinguishes itself because of simplicity of procedure and furthermore, it can be used for reconstruction of injuries of the tarsus ligaments in the region of the malleolus.
  • (14) In patients with hypermobility, long-standing instability, or arthritis, reconstruction using the Chrisman-Snook technique is recommended.
  • (15) This outer layer was considered to correspond to the "marginal zone" (Snook).
  • (16) The results of surgical Chrisman-Snook reconstruction of the lateral malleolus ligaments in 9 patients, aged 19-37 years, have been discussed.
  • (17) This month London became the first major city in the global north to elect a Muslim mayor, merrily cocking a snook at the supposed clash of civilisations.
  • (18) We forgot about the Chinese!’ This is a considered cocking of the snook.” Lu Kang, a spokesperson for China’s foreign ministry, rejected the suggestion that the lack of phone contact was a snub.
  • (19) • In July 2013, newspapers reported the case of Casey Snook, then 14, who managed to rack up a £3,800 phone bill while using her mobile on a five-day family holiday to New York.
  • (20) Some have relished cocking a snook at the British media and what was seen as its unrelenting negativity about South Africa's ability to play host.

Stook


Definition:

  • (n.) A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves.
  • (v. t.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks.

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