Appendix:Gestures/shaking fist

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Translingual[edit]

Production[edit]

Clench your fist, and shake it at your head level or above.

Interjection[edit]

[shaking fist]

  1. Indicates anger. Often used in cartoons.
    • 1992, Aladdin (1992 Disney film)
      [Aladdin survives after Jafar, disguised as an old man, attempts to murder him in the Cave of Wonders]
      Aladdin: That two-faced son of a jackal! [shakes fist]
      Abu (the monkey): [shakes both fists, snarling]