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	Pronounced	Usage
Ferapont	-	Russian
VisitaciÓN	bee-see-tah-THYON (Spanish), bee-see-tah-SYON (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Tolga	-	Turkish
Katrina	kə-TREE-nə (English), kaht-REE-nah (Dutch)	English, German, Swedish, Dutch
Denis	de-NEE (French), DEN-is (English), DE-nis (German)	French, Russian, English, German, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Romanian, Croatian
Yerushah	-	Biblical Hebrew