Usually means: Make a rude, dismissive gesture.
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  1. cock a snook: Merriam-Webster
  2. cock a snook: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cock a snook: Wiktionary
  4. cock a snook: Dictionary.com
  5. Cock A Snook, Snook, Cock A: The Word Detective
  6. Cock a snook: World Wide Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cock a snook)

verb:  (UK, idiomatic, derogatory) To perform a snook, a gesture of disrespect.
verb:  (figurative, by extension) To flout or show disrespect to.

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