pied de nez

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French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

pied de nez m (plural pieds de nez)

  1. snook (disrespectful gesture, performed by placing the tip of a thumb on one's nose with the fingers spread, and typically while wiggling the fingers back and forth)
    faire un pied de nez à quelqu’unto cock a snook at someone
  2. (figuratively) act of defiance
    faire un pied de nez à quelqu’unto thumb one's nose at someone

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