Thumbing one's nose

Statue of a street urchin performing the gesture, Ashton-under-Lyne, UK

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]

Thumbing One's Nose Media

Stalin performing the gesture in the 1940s

Related pages

Non-verbal communication

References

↑ 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

[1] Cambridge University Press (2006). Cambridge Idioms Dictionary (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-86037-7.

[McNeill-2] McNeill, David (1992). Hand and Mind: What Gestures Reveal About Thought. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

[3] 'Cock a snook' – the meaning and origin of this phrase, Phrases.org.uk. Retrieved at 1 January 2018

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