To draw one's feet noisily over the floor. Hence †transitive to insult by doing this in a public assembly (obsolete). Also to scrape down: to…
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释义 | the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > think or behave contemptuously [verb (intransitive)] > express contempt by gesture (6) scrape1561 To draw one's feet noisily over the floor. Hence †transitive to insult by doing this in a public assembly (obsolete). Also to scrape down: to… to fork the fingers1640 transitive. To make or put into the form of a fork; to make fork-shaped. †to fork the fingers: to extend them towards a person as a mark of contempt. to cock one's nose (up)1692 to cock one's nose (up): to turn up one's nose in contempt or indifference; to display contempt or indifference. Now frequently with at. to look down one's nose (at)1721 to turn up one's nose (at): to show disdain or scorn (for); similarly to look down one's nose (at). to do a Harvey Smith1973 A V-sign (sense 2b); a gesture of defiance or contempt. Also to do a Harvey Smith, to make a gesture of this kind. Subcategories:— humorously (1) |
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