middle finger

[mid-l fing-ger]

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noun

the finger between the forefinger and the third finger.
Slang.��an obscene gesture of contempt made by pointing this finger upward while folding the other fingers against the palm; the finger.
The driver honked his horn and got the middle finger from the biker.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of middle finger¹

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English

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Example Sentences

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Young visitors at the Vietnam Military History Museum posted photos of themselves next to the flag with deep frowns, thumbs down or middle fingers raised.

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His administration has deported people by mistake and given the middle finger to judges who order them brought back.

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The Ivory Coast international was pictured putting his middle finger up to people outside the team's hotel in Kuala Lumper on United's post-season tour.

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Her sparse, wiry-looking fur sticks out in all directions as if she'd stuck that bony middle finger in an electric socket.

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She was filmed giving the middle finger to protesters shortly before Johnson's resignation.

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When To Use

�� else does middle finger mean?

Giving someone the middle finger is an offensive gesture in which a person flips up their middle finger in a fist to show contempt or defiance.

Middle English Middle Flemish

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