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Vinony

middle finger

noun

  1. finger of the hand
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From Middle English myddel fynger. By surface analysis, middle + finger.

  1. The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
  2. 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.”

  3. An insult directed at someone.

    “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."”