middle finger

[ mid-l fing-ger ]

noun
  1. the finger between the forefinger and the third finger.

  2. Slang. an obscene gesture of contempt made by pointing this finger upward while folding the other fingers against the palm; the finger: The driver honked his horn and got the middle finger from the biker.: See also finger (def. 18).

Origin of middle finger

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English

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