middle finger

See also: middle-finger

English

Noun

middle finger (plural middle fingers)

  1. The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger; this is the longest finger.
  2. An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult: a literal or sometimes figurative raising of the middle finger at someone.
    • 2007, Dominique Paul, The Possibility of Fireflies‎, page 62:
      Her whole way of being is a big middle finger to the other guy.

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