| Subject | English | Russian |
| gen. | cock a snook | показать нос (British) 1. to make a rude gesture by putting one thumb to the nose with the fingers of the hand outstretched 2. to show contempt by being insulting or offensive. Collins. or cock snooks also cock a snoot • to thumb the nose: an unmannerly upstart cocking snooks at venerable men – Adrian Bell; in the Highlands where they traditionally cock a snoot at rationing laws – John Calder. WTNI. Alexander Demidov) |
| inf., fig. | cock a snook | показать кукиш |
| Gruzovik, inf. | cock a snook | показать кукиш |
| idiom. | cock a snook | бросить вызов (кому-либо или чему-либо Taras) |
| idiom. | cock a snook | показывать кому-либо длинный нос (thumb one's nose, as in "As soon as the teacher turned her back, the boys cocked a snook at her." This expression was first recorded in 1791 and the precise source of snook, here used in the sense of a derisive gesture, has been lost. It is more widely used in Britain but is not unknown in America Taras) |
| idiom. | cock a snook | показывать длинный нос (at someone; делать презрительный жест (cocking a snook at the establishment); то же, что и см. thumb one's nose, thumb nose, cock a snoot Taras) |
| Gruzovik, inf. | cock a snook at | показывать нос (wiktionary.org) |
| idiom. | cock a snook | презрительно относиться (at someone or something; к кому-либо или к чему-либо; to show that you do not respect something or someone by doing something that insults them: In the end he refused to accept his award, cocking a snook at the film industry for which he had such contempt Taras) |
| Makarov. | cock a snook at someone | показать длинный нос (кому-либо) |
| gen. | cock a snook at | показать кому-либо длинный нос (someone) |
| Makarov. | cock a snook at | показывать кому-либо длинный нос |
| Makarov. | cock a snook at | показывать кому-либо нос |
| gen. | cock a snook at | показывать кому-либо длинный нос (someone) |
| gen. | cock a snook at | показывать нос |
| Makarov., engl. | cock a snook at | показать кукиш |
| Makarov. | cock a snook at | показать нос (someone – кому-либо) |
