"flip off" meaning in English

See flip off in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: flips off [present, singular, third-person], flipping off [participle, present], flipped off [participle, past], flipped off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flip off (third-person singular simple present flips off, present participle flipping off, simple past and past participle flipped off)
  1. (informal, transitive) To make a rude or obscene gesture at someone. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to make a rude or obscene gesture): 竖中指 (shù zhōngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), näyttää keskisormea (Finnish), faire un doigt d'honneur (French), faire un bras d'honneur (French), den Stinkefinger zeigen (German), показа́ть оскорби́тельный жест (pokazátʹ oskorbítelʹnyj žest) [perfective] (Russian), показа́ть сре́дний па́лец (pokazátʹ srédnij pálec) [perfective] (Russian), dar el dedo (Spanish), peka finger (Swedish), ge fingret (Swedish), hareket çekmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-flip_off-en-verb-uOr~B~5U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 36 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "off": 60 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 65 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 75 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'to make a rude or obscene gesture': 98 2
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flip, off. Related terms: flick off, flip the bird, give the finger
    Sense id: en-flip_off-en-verb-EDSAhQF2

Inflected forms

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