Definitions
Etymologies
- With reference to the signal of approval or disapproval used by spectators at a Roman amphitheatre, but sense has been reversed. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Roscoe gave the thumbs up and his armored body swayed in reaction.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘thumbs up’.
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Public List: Body Metaphors
Phrases that use body parts metaphorically.
neck of the woods, bone of contention, mouth of a river, teeth of the storm, heart of the matter, foot of the bed, eye of the storm, dogleg hole, finger lakes, headwaters, foothills, knik arm and 212 more...
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FUN - gestures
There are thousands of sign languages and possibly millions of gestures in human communication but not all of them have a name. Some are understood everywhere, some are understood everywhere but di...
okay sign, abhayamudra, apology, beckoning sign, Bellamy salute, benediction, blessing, blah-blah, "check, please” sign, clenched fist, Chinese number ge..., Clinton thumb and 360 more...
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Handcraft
Gestures, signs and signals.
gesture, sign language, hand signal, manual communication, diving signal, tic-tac, gang signal, thumbs up, thumbs down, finger binary, pointing, a-ok and 106 more...
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"Let's go strap on the ole air'chine ...
Aviation, especially aerobatic aviation, has been quite aptly described as the "most fun you can have with your clothes on". There are a ton of colorful and cryptolexical words that have evolved i...
magenta line, true virgins make..., black box, autopilot, spoilers, east is least and..., dead reckoning, whiz wheel, radome, squawk ident, iff-sif, fire handle and 66 more...
Tweets
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oroboros "Good to go" sign from marshaller followed by a salute as you taxi out into the taxiway for takeoff (military procedures). Feb 22, 2007