give the finger

English

Maddox giving the finger

Verb

give the finger (third-person singular simple present gives the finger, present participle giving the finger, simple past gave the finger, past participle given the finger)

1. (usually transitive) To make an obscene gesture (towards someone) by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards.

   Zelda gave Travis the finger after he cut her off in traffic.

2. (intransitive) To make any sort of gesture extending one of the fingers above the others.

Synonyms

• flick off
• flip off
• flip the bird

Translations

make an obscene gesture

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 舉中指／举中指 (geoi² zung¹ zi²)

  Mandarin: 豎中指／竖中指 (zh) (shù zhōngzhǐ)

  Min Nan: 撟中指／挢中指, 術中指／术中指

• Danish: gi' fingeren
• Finnish: näyttää keskisormea
• French: faire un doigt d’honneur, faire un doigt
• German: den Stinkefinger zeigen
• Hungarian: beint (hu)
• Italian: mostrare il dito medio
• Ojibwe: nimiskam
• Portuguese: mostrar o dedo do meio
• Serbo-Croatian: pokazati srednji prst, pokazati prosti prst
• Spanish: alzar el dedo, hacer la peineta, hacer un corte de manga
• Swedish: peka finger, ge fingret

See also

• two-finger salute
• one-finger salute
• V sign