chef's kiss
A gesture in which the fingers and thumb of one hand are pinched together, kissed, and then blown away, signifying that something is delicious or exquisite.
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A gesture in which the fingers and thumb of one hand are pinched together, kissed, and then blown away, signifying that something is delicious or exquisite.
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(informal, figurative) A thing considered extraordinary of its kind.
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A cartoon hand making the OK sign — thumb and index finger forming a circle, other three fingers extended. Means "okay", "got it", "perfect" or "chef's kiss" energy. In some American extremist subcultures it was briefly co-opted as a white-power symbol around 2017-2019, leading to confusion; the original "OK / good" meaning has largely been reclaimed but context still matters. Common in cooking content for "perfectly cooked".
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The Italian hand gesture emoji. Primary reading: "what are you doing?" (aggressive/exasperated). Secondary: chef's-kiss moments — "perfection 🤌." Added to Unicode as "pinched fingers" in 2020 after the Italian gesture went viral as a meme.
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