"flip off" meaning in English

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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. Wikipedia link: flip off Tags: informal, transitive Related terms: flick off, flip the bird, give the finger Translations (to make a rude or obscene gesture): näyttää keskisormea (Finnish), faire un doigt d’honneur (French), faire un bras d’honneur (French), den Stinkefinger zeigen (German), 竖中指 (shù zhōngzhǐ) (Mandarin), показа́ть оскорби́тельный жест (pokazátʹ oskorbítelʹnyj žest) [perfective] (Russian), показа́ть сре́дний па́лец (pokazátʹ srédnij pálec) [perfective] (Russian), dar el dedo [masculine] (Spanish), peka finger (Swedish), ge fingret (Swedish), hareket çekmek (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
          "word": "näyttää keskisormea"
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          "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
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          "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
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      "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
      "word": "näyttää keskisormea"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
      "word": "faire un doigt d’honneur"
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      "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
      "word": "den Stinkefinger zeigen"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "pokazátʹ srédnij pálec",
      "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
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      "word": "показа́ть сре́дний па́лец"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
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      "word": "dar el dedo"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
      "word": "peka finger"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
      "word": "ge fingret"
    },
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      "sense": "to make a rude or obscene gesture",
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