Thumbing one's nose
gesture of insult and defiance
Thumbing one's nose, also known as cocking a snook,[1] made by putting the thumb on the nose, holding the palm open and perpendicular to the face, and wiggling the remaining fingers [2][3]
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change- ↑ Cambridge University Press (2006). Cambridge Idioms Dictionary (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-86037-7.
- ↑ McNeill, David (1992). Hand and Mind: What Gestures Reveal About Thought. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
- ↑ 'Cock a snook' – the meaning and origin of this phrase, Phrases.org.uk. Retrieved at 1 January 2018