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},
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"text": "Zelda gave Travis the finger after he cut her off in traffic.",
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"To make an obscene gesture (towards someone) by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards."
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"(usually transitive) To make an obscene gesture (towards someone) by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards."
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"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "舉中指"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "geoi² zung¹ zi²",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "举中指"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "豎中指"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shù zhōngzhǐ",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "竖中指"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "nan",
"lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "撟中指"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "nan",
"lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "挢中指"
},
{
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"code": "nan",
"lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "術中指"
},
{
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"code": "nan",
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"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "术中指"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "gi' fingeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "näyttää keskisormea"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "faire un doigt d’honneur"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "faire un doigt"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "den Stinkefinger zeigen"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "beint"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "mostrare il dito medio"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "nimiskam"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "mostrar o dedo do meio"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "pokazati srednji prst"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "pokazati prosti prst"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "alzar el dedo"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "hacer la peineta"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "hacer un corte de manga"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "peka finger"
},
{
"_dis1": "81 19",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "ge fingret"
}
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"To make any sort of gesture extending one of the fingers above the others."
],
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"(intransitive) To make any sort of gesture extending one of the fingers above the others."
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"_dis1": "30 70",
"word": "two-finger salute"
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{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"word": "one-finger salute"
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{
"_dis1": "30 70",
"word": "V sign"
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"synonyms": [
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"_dis1": "34 66",
"word": "flick off"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 66",
"word": "flip off"
},
{
"_dis1": "34 66",
"word": "flip the bird"
}
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}
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"wikipedia": [
"Maddox (writer)"
],
"word": "give the finger"
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"en:Body language"
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{
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"To make an obscene gesture (towards someone) by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards."
],
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"(usually transitive) To make an obscene gesture (towards someone) by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards."
],
"tags": [
"transitive",
"usually"
]
},
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"To make any sort of gesture extending one of the fingers above the others."
],
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"(intransitive) To make any sort of gesture extending one of the fingers above the others."
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"word": "flick off"
},
{
"word": "flip off"
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"word": "flip the bird"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "舉中指"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "geoi² zung¹ zi²",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "举中指"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "豎中指"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shù zhōngzhǐ",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "竖中指"
},
{
"code": "nan",
"lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "撟中指"
},
{
"code": "nan",
"lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "挢中指"
},
{
"code": "nan",
"lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "術中指"
},
{
"code": "nan",
"lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "术中指"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "gi' fingeren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "näyttää keskisormea"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "faire un doigt d’honneur"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "faire un doigt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "den Stinkefinger zeigen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "beint"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "mostrare il dito medio"
},
{
"code": "oj",
"lang": "Ojibwe",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "nimiskam"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "mostrar o dedo do meio"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "pokazati srednji prst"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "pokazati prosti prst"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "alzar el dedo"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "hacer la peineta"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "hacer un corte de manga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "peka finger"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "make an obscene gesture",
"word": "ge fingret"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Maddox (writer)"
],
"word": "give the finger"
}
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