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Middle finger

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
  2. 2
    the second finger; between the index finger and the ring finger wordnet
  3. 3
    An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.

    "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."

  4. 4
    An insult directed at someone. figuratively

    "Her whole way of being is a big middle finger to the other guy."

Etymology

From Middle English myddel fyngir. By surface analysis, middle + finger.

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