middle finger
the finger between the forefinger and the third finger.
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).
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How to use middle finger in a sentence
I found the button on the earbuds difficult to press, often requiring me to pinch the stem with my thumb and middle finger.
Skullcandy Dime earphones review: These wireless earbuds are a sweet deal | Billy Cadden | June 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceHe was 41 then, and had a Texas twang, blue eyes, a woolly brown beard, and a ponytail that ran to his shoulders like a middle finger to his superiors.
The Search for a Ranger Who Was Lost and Never Found | Brendan Borrell | April 1, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe index and middle fingers of his right hand still held a cigarette, long burned out.
One respondent simply said “go to hell,” another accused me of being a child trafficker, a third sent a selfie of his middle finger.
Harden blocked Dort’s last-second shot — a sort of middle finger to those who’ve criticized his defense in the past.
How An Undrafted Rookie Stopped James Harden In The Playoffs | Julian McKenzie | December 7, 2020 | FiveThirtyEight
For those who have a problem with that, she offered a charming, subtle middle finger.
Jeopardy! Champion Julia Collins’s Brain Feels Like Mush | Sujay Kumar | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI then felt a hand holding my hand and ‘felt’ it had no middle finger.
Knocking on Heaven's Door: True Stories of Unexplained, Uncanny Experiences at the Hour of Death | Patricia Pearson | August 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe extension of that middle finger began Tuesday afternoon at a weekly lunch for Republican senators.
Matangi, a reclamation of the brown girl narrative, is a middle finger to you.
M.I.A.’s ‘Matangi’ Is A Defiantly Personal Reclamation of the Brown Girl Narrative | Rawiya Kameir | November 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the end, the two embraced and Eminem flicked off the crowd, a middle-finger mea culpa.
Eminem’s Homophobic ‘Rap God’ Lyrics Are Getting a Free Pass | Kevin Fallon | October 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBobby said that that knuckle of Gee Gees middle finger had been abnormally developed by continued bringing the class to order.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonThese it uses as we would a thumb and middle finger; and there are hairs between these claws, as well as all over the legs.
The Book of Curiosities | I. PlattsThe table line, commonly called the line of fortune, begins under the little finger, and ends near the middle finger.
The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher | AnonymousShe strikes five strokes with the middle finger upon my hand in the air: the five strokes are rapped upon the table (November 19).
Mysterious Psychic Forces | Camille FlammarionHis malady increased till it left him with the use of only the middle finger of each hand.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ | Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.
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