To take a customary action to ward off some misfortune that is believed to be attracted by a presumptuous statement.
Hopefully; a self-directive to undertake the customary action to ward off bad luck.
To scoff, to express contempt.
To feel or display contempt or disdain for something or somebody; to despise.
To refuse to do something, as beneath oneself.
To reject, turn down.
A display of disdain; a slight.
Contempt or disdain.
An object of disdain, contempt, or derision.