a defiant gesture

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• defiant — de|fi|ant [dıˈfaıənt] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: défiant, present participle of défier; DEFY] clearly refusing to do what someone tells you to do ▪ Mark smashed a fist on the desk in a defiant gesture. >defiantly adv …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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• gesture — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 movement that expresses sth ADJECTIVE ▪ dramatic, expansive, expressive, extravagant, flamboyant, melodramatic, rhetorical, sweeping, theatrical …   Collocations dictionary

• snook — I. /snuk/ (say snoohk) noun 1. a gesture of defiance or cheekiness, made by putting the thumb to the nose. –phrase 2. cock a snook, to make such a defiant gesture. {Phrase Origin: from cock meaning to stand out stiffly, with reference to the hand …  

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