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
Taufik	-	Indonesian
Jelka	-	Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Veremund	-	Ancient Germanic (Latinized)
Alexey	ah-lyek-SYAY (Russian), ah-leek-SYAY (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian
Chan	-	Khmer
Jodi	JO-dee	English