Meaning of middle finger | Babel Free
Definitions
- The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
- An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.
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An insult directed at someone. figuratively
Equivalents
العربية
وسطى
עברית
אֻמָּה
हिन्दी
मध्यमा
Bahasa Indonesia
jari tengah
Nederlands
middelvinger
ไทย
นิ้วกลาง
Türkçe
orta parmak
Українська
середній палець
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.