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* [[Cocking a snook|Thumbing the nose]] (also known as ''Anne's Fan'' or ''[[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]]'s Fan''<ref>{{cite book |title=The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots |last=Shipley |first=Joseph Twadell |edition=reprint |year=2001 |publisher=JHU Press |location=Baltimore |isbn=0-8018-6784-3 |page=302 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1UKpE4YEkEC |accessdate=8 August 2009}}</ref> and sometimes referred to as ''cocking a snook''),<ref>{{cite book | author=Cambridge University Press | title=Cambridge Idioms Dictionary |year=2006 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=Cambridge | edition = 2nd | isbn=0-521-86037-7}}</ref> a sign of derision in Britain made by putting the [[thumb]] on the nose, holding the palm open and perpendicular to the face, and wiggling the remaining fingers,<ref name=McNeill/> often combined with sticking out the tongue. |
* [[Cocking a snook|Thumbing the nose]] (also known as ''Anne's Fan'' or ''[[Anne, Queen of Great Britain|Queen Anne]]'s Fan''<ref>{{cite book |title=The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots |last=Shipley |first=Joseph Twadell |edition=reprint |year=2001 |publisher=JHU Press |location=Baltimore |isbn=0-8018-6784-3 |page=302 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m1UKpE4YEkEC |accessdate=8 August 2009}}</ref> and sometimes referred to as ''cocking a snook''),<ref>{{cite book | author=Cambridge University Press | title=Cambridge Idioms Dictionary |year=2006 | publisher=Cambridge University Press | location=Cambridge | edition = 2nd | isbn=0-521-86037-7}}</ref> a sign of derision in Britain made by putting the [[thumb]] on the nose, holding the palm open and perpendicular to the face, and wiggling the remaining fingers,<ref name=McNeill/> often combined with sticking out the tongue. |
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* [[Touching heads]] is a gesture to express positive emotions between friends, relatives, lovers etc. |
* [[Touching heads]] is a gesture to express positive emotions between friends, relatives, lovers etc. |
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* Twisting the cheek. Thumb and forefinger are placed against the [[cheek]], and a [[Screw (simple machine)|screwing motion]], as if making a dimple, is made by twisting the wrist; in Italian culture, this can mean that something is delicious; in Germany, the gesture can be used to suggest that someone is crazy<ref name=McNeill/> |
* Twisting the cheek. Thumb and forefinger are placed against the [[cheek]], and a [[Screw (simple machine)|screwing motion]], as if making a dimple, is made by twisting the wrist; in [[Italian culture]], this can mean that something is delicious; in Germany, the gesture can be used to suggest that someone is crazy<ref name=McNeill/> |
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* Woe is me, a melodramatic gesture of distress made by lifting the arm and placing the back of the hand on the forehead.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockwell-center.org/exploring-illustration/the-end/ |title=The End |date=August 21, 2014 |accessdate=4 October 2014 |publisher=The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies |series= Exploring Illustration: Essays in Visual Studies |last=Schiller |first=Joyce}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Hisses, Boos & Cheers: Or, A Practical Guide to the Planning, Producing and Performing of Melodrama! |year=1986 |publisher=Dramatic Publishing |last1=Randall |first1=Charles |last2=Bushnell |first2=Joan LeGro| page=41}}</ref> |
* Woe is me, a melodramatic gesture of distress made by lifting the arm and placing the back of the hand on the forehead.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockwell-center.org/exploring-illustration/the-end/ |title=The End |date=August 21, 2014 |accessdate=4 October 2014 |publisher=The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies |series= Exploring Illustration: Essays in Visual Studies |last=Schiller |first=Joyce}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Hisses, Boos & Cheers: Or, A Practical Guide to the Planning, Producing and Performing of Melodrama! |year=1986 |publisher=Dramatic Publishing |last1=Randall |first1=Charles |last2=Bushnell |first2=Joan LeGro| page=41}}</ref> |
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* [[Zemnoy poklon]] or "great bow", used in some [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christian]] rituals, consists of bowing deeply and lowering one's head to the ground. |
* [[Zemnoy poklon]] or "great bow", used in some [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Eastern Orthodox Christian]] rituals, consists of bowing deeply and lowering one's head to the ground. |
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Gestures are a form of nonverbal communication in which visible bodily actions are used to communicate important messages, either in place of speech or together and in parallel with spoken words.[1] Gestures include movement of the hands, face, or other parts of the body. Physical non-verbal communication such as purely expressive displays, proxemics, or displays of joint attention differ from gestures, which communicate specific messages.[1] Gestures are culture-specific and may convey very different meanings in different social or cultural settings.[2] Gesture is distinct from sign language. Although some gestures, such as the ubiquitous act of pointing, differ little from one place to another, most gestures do not have invariable or universal meanings, but connote specific meanings in particular cultures. A single emblematic gesture may have very different significance in different cultural contexts, ranging from complimentary to highly offensive.[3]
This list includes links to pages that discuss particular gestures, as well as short descriptions of some gestures that do not have their own page. Not included are the specialized gestures, calls, and signals used by referees and umpires in various organized sports. Policemen also make gestures when directing traffic. Miming is an art form in which the performer uses gestures to convey a story; charades is a game of gestures. Mimed gestures might generally be used to refer to an action in context, for example turning a pretend crank to ask someone to lower a car side window (or for modern power windows, pointing down or miming pressing a button).
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