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- bite (one's) thumb at
bite (one's) thumb at
bite (one's) thumb at
An archaic insult, often accompanied by the gesture of biting one's thumb at the person being insulted. How dare you say that to me? I bite my thumb at you, sir!
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Epiphanes | | - | Ancient Greek |
Sharyn | | SHER-ən, SHAR-ən | English |
Alya | | - | Arabic, Indonesian, Malay |
Aleks | | - | Russian, Ukrainian, Slovene, Polish |
Dorin | | - | Romanian |
Cearra | | - | English (Rare) |