# snoke

> English word · Verb · frequency rank #98,732

## Definitions
1. To sniff or smell; to sniff at; to poke around sniffing with the nose.
2. To sneak about; to spy on; to snoop.
3. To snort contemptuously; to scorn, despise.

## Etymology
From Middle English snoken, from Old Norse *snoka, from Proto-Germanic *snukōną (“to snuff, snuffle, sniff out”), from Proto-Germanic *snuk-.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/snoke