middle finger
middle finger
English
Noun
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Definition
The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
Etymology
From Middle English myddel fyngir. By surface analysis, middle + finger.
Example Sentences
- "An Indiana man argues in a federal lawsuit filed last week that he had a First Amendment right to give the middle finger to a state trooper, and that his free speech was violated when the gesture earned him a ticket."
- "Her whole way of being is a big middle finger to the other guy."
- "Beem called the tactic [paying US$23500 settlement in coins] "petty and a grand waste of time" and said the coin delivery was "a symbolic middle finger.""
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