Synonyms of cocks a snook (at)

cocks a snook (at)

phrase

variants also cocks snooks (at)

present tense third-person singular of cock a snook (at), British

as in mocks

to make (someone or something) the object of unkind laughter

Players on the winning side couldn't resist cocking a snook at the highly-touted opposing team's pitiful performance.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mocks
• laughs (at)
• pokes fun at
• makes fun of
• shoots down
• rags on
• makes sport of
• scouts
• ridicules
• skewers
• jeers
• gibes
• derides
• teases
• scoffs (at)
• sneers (at)
• ribs
• targets
• kids
• parrots
• scorns
• quizzes
• rides
• rallies
• parodies
• rags
• bugs
• taunts
• torments
• needles
• caricatures
• baits
• tweaks
• decries
• burlesques
• apes
• belittles
• mimics
• lampoons
• pillories
• puts down
• barracks
• takes off (on)
• disparages
• razzes
• jives
• pesters
• catcalls
• satirizes
• bad-mouths
• hassles
• twits
• travesties
• harasses
• imitates
• pooh-poohs
• harries
• joshes
• chaffs
• heckles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sanctions
• approves
• endorses
• commends
• applauds