snok

From Middle Low German snāke, from Old Saxon *snako, from Proto-Germanic *snakô.

• IPA^(key): /snɔk/

snok m (plural snocai)

1. blindworm

From the Old Norse snókr (“a snake”) or snákr (“only in poetry; a snake”), from Proto-Germanic *snakô; cognates include the Danish snog, Icelandic snákur (“a snake”), English snake.

snok c

1. grass snake (Natrix natrix)

   Synonyms: vanlig snok, vattensnok

2. (slang) a nose (in a person's face)
3. (derogatory, somewhat dated) an ingratiating person with ulterior motive
4. (derogatory, somewhat dated) a snoop; a person who (openly or covertly) investigate, check, or spy

   En snok är här och vill tala med dig.

   A copper is here to talk with you.

(grass snake):

• snokartad (“something similar to a grass snake”)
• snokbestånd (“grass snake population”)
• snokbittra (“Picris hieracioides”)
• snokbär (“beeries of rhamnus frangula”)
• snokbärbuske (“rhamnus frangula”)

(ulterior motive):

• hyllesnok (“favor seeker”)
• pigesnok (“man who tries to pickup young women”)

(snoop):

• polissnok (“police officer”)
• tullsnok (“customs inspector”)

• snok in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• kons, skon