What is Thumbing one's nose?
[[File:Cocking a snook - geograph.org.uk - 1136252.jpg|thumb|Statue of a street urchin performing the gesture, Ashton-under-Lyne, UK]]'''Thumbing one's nose''', also known as '''cocking a snook''',<ref>{{cite book |author= Cambridge University Press |title= Cambridge Idioms Dictionary |year= 2006 |publisher= Cambridge University Press |location= Cambridge |edition= 2nd |isbn= 0-521-86037-7}}</ref> made by putting the thumb on the nose, holding the palm open and perpendicular to the face, and wiggling the remaining fingers <ref name=McNeill>{{Cite book|last=McNeill|first=David|year=1992|title=Hand and Mind: What Gestures Reveal About Thought|url=https://archive.org/details/handmindwhatgest0000mcne|location=Chicago|publisher=University of Chicago Press}}</ref><ref>[http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cock-a-snook.html 'Cock a snook' – the meaning and origin of this phrase], ''Phrases.org.uk''. Retrieved at 1 January 2018</ref> ==Related pages== * [[Non-verbal communication]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Human behavior]] [[Category:Non-verbal communication]]