"devil sign" meaning in All languages combined

See devil sign on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: devil signs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} devil sign (plural devil signs)
  1. A hand gesture formed by closing the middle two fingers and the thumb and extending the index finger and pinkie so as to indicate devil horns.
    Sense id: en-devil_sign-en-noun-aBpkvwfx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Anyway, their 1980 effort at the Capitol was totally fucked. It was so bloody loud you could not hear yourself think and all that little satin ponce Dio could do was run around the stage in his platform shoes making fucked devil signs with his fingers.",
          "type": "quote"
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        [
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