Overall, the amount of alcohol someone drinks over time, not the type of alcoholic beverage, seems to be the most important factor in raising cancer risk. Most evidence suggests that it is the ethanol that increases the risk, not other things in the drink.
Noun. 1. snoot-a person regarded as arrogant and annoying. prig, snob, snot. disagreeable person, unpleasant person-a person who is not pleasant or agreeable.
cock a snook. cock a snook. 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 âa derisive gesture,â has been lost.