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middle finger

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  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.
  3. An insult directed at someone.
    figuratively

Equivalents

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العربيةوسطى
བོད་སྐད།དཀྱིལ་མཛུབ
Bosanskisrednjakсредњак
Catalàdit del cordit del migdit mitger
Češtinaprostředníčekprostředník
Cymraegbys canolhirfys
Dansklangfinger
Ελληνικάκωλοδάχτυλομεσαίο δάχτυλομέσος
Esperantomezfingro
Suomiengelsmannikansainvälinen käsimerkkikeskarikeskisormilonkermannioltermanni
GàidhligfìgisFionnlagh fadagunna fadaMàiri fhada
Galegodedo mediomaioral
עבריתאֻמָּה
हिन्दीमध्यमा
Hrvatskisrednjakсредњак
Magyarközépső ujj
Bahasa Indonesiajari tengah
Íslenskalangatöng
Italianodito mediomedio
日本語ファックサイン中指
ქართულიშუათითი
ភាសាខ្មែរម្រាមដៃកណ្ដាល
한국어가운뎃손가락중지
Latviešuvidējais pirksts
Te Reo Māorimāperetoroa
Македонскисреден прст
മലയാളംനടുവിരൽ
मराठीमध्यमा
Bahasa Melayujari hantujari tengah
မြန်မာလက်ခလယ်
Nederlandsmiddelvinger
Polskiduży palecpalec środkowyśrodkowy palec
Portuguêsdedo do meiodedo médio
Românădeget mijlociu
Русскийсредний палецфак
Slovenčinaprostredník
Slovenščinasredinec
Српскиsrednjakсредњак
Svenskalångfingerpeka finger
Kiswahilikidole cha kati
தமிழ்நடுவிரல்
తెలుగునడివ్రేలు
ไทยนิ้วกลาง
Tagaloghinggigitnahinlalato
Türkçeorta parmak
Українськасередній палецьфак
Tiếng Việtngón giữangón tay giữa

Examples

“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."”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Middle Flat Middle Francia Middle Franconia Middle French Middle Frisian Middle Gap

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