nose-thumbing

Greek translation: σκωπτικός, περιπαικτικός, σαρκαστικός, χλευαστικός

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English term or phrase:nose-thumbing (επίθ.)
Greek translation:σκωπτικός, περιπαικτικός, σαρκαστικός, χλευαστικός
Entered by: Nick Lingris

10:51 Jun 21, 2011
English to Greek translations [PRO]
General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters / musical
English term or phrase: nose-thumbing
Cohan introduces a nose-thumbing patriotism early on through his big
number, "The Yankee Doodle Boy" built around the tune and jeering epithet
"Yankee Doodle Dandy". Αs is well known, American colonialists had endured hearing this tune from the British, which carried a variety of offensive texts in the decades before 1776....
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σκωπτικός
Explanation:
περιπαικτικός, σαρκαστικός, χλευαστικός

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thumb_one's_nose
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Local time: 13:58
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4σκωπτικός
Nick Lingris
3 +1περιγελαστικός ή απαξιωτικός
marmis


  

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σκωπτικός


Explanation:
περιπαικτικός, σαρκαστικός, χλευαστικός

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/thumb_one's_nose

Nick Lingris
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:58
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περιγελαστικός ή απαξιωτικός


Explanation:
http://www.wordreference.com/definition/thumb

marmis
Local time: 15:58
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek

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