"middle finger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: middle fingers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English myddel fyngir. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|myddel fyngir}} Middle English myddel fyngir Head templates: {{en-noun}} middle finger (plural middle fingers)
  1. The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger Categories (topical): Fingers Synonyms: fuck finger [slang, vulgar], medius [dated], mid-finger, tall man [colloquial] Translations (finger between the forefinger and the ring finger): σφάκελος (sphákelos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), وُسْطَى (wusṭā) [feminine] (Arabic), وسطى (wuṣṭā) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), ܡܨܥܝܬܐ (meṣʿaytāʾ) [feminine] (Aramaic), միջնամատ (miǰnamat) (Armenian), hatz erdiko (Basque), сярэ́дні па́лец (sjarédni páljec) [masculine] (Belarusian), manlalabaw (Bikol Central), biz-bras [masculine] (Breton), biz-kreiz [masculine] (Breton), jari antu (Brunei Malay), jari tangah (Brunei Malay), сре́ден пръст (sréden prǎst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), လက်ခလယ် (lakhka.lai) (Burmese), dit del mig [masculine] (Catalan), باڵابەرزە (ballaberze) (Central Kurdish), زەڕنەقووتە (zerrneqûte) (Central Kurdish), tujok dagen (Central Melanau), 中指 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 中營 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 中营 (tiong-iâⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 中爪 (tiong-jiáu, tiong-niáu) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 中指 (zung¹ zi²) (Chinese Cantonese), 中指 (zhōngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 三指 (sānzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 將指 (Chinese Mandarin), 将指 (jiàngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 玉柱 (yùzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲑⲙⲏϯ (tēb nthmēti) [masculine] (Coptic), prostředník [masculine] (Czech), prostředníček [masculine] (Czech), langfinger [common-gender] (Danish), langemand [common-gender] (Danish), ортокуу чөмүйэ (ortokuu çömüye) (Dolgan), middelvinger [masculine] (Dutch), longa fingro (Esperanto), meza fingro (Esperanto), mezfingro (Esperanto), keskmine sõrm (Estonian), longutong [feminine] (Faroese), keskisormi (Finnish), keskari (Finnish), majeur [masculine] (French), doigt du milieu [masculine] (French), médius [masculine] (French), doigt III [masculine] (French), troisième doigt [masculine] (French), grandiño [masculine] (Galician), maioral [masculine] (Galician), dedo medio [masculine] (Galician), შუათითი (šuatiti) (Georgian), Mittelfinger [masculine] (German), μέσος (mésos) [masculine] (Greek), 棟指 (Hakka Chinese), 栋指 (tung-chṳ́) (Hakka Chinese), 中指 (chûng-chṳ́, chûng-chí) (Hakka Chinese), אַמָּה ('amá) [feminine] (Hebrew), צְרֵדָה (tzredá) [feminine] (Hebrew), középső ujj (Hungarian), langatöng [feminine] (Icelandic), akintenga nga ramay (Ilocano), jari tengah (Indonesian), jari hantu (Indonesian), jari malang (Indonesian), jari mati (Indonesian), jari panjang (Indonesian), toin sormi (Ingrian), digito medie (Interlingua), méar mheáin (Irish), medio [masculine] (Italian), dito medio [masculine] (Italian), 中指 (nakayubi) (alt: なかゆび) (Japanese), driji panunggul (Javanese), driji panengah (Javanese), дундк (dundk) (Kalmyk), ಎಡೆವೆರಲ್ (eḍeveral) (Kannada), ನಡುಬೆರಳು (naḍuberaḷu) (Kannada), ម្រាមដៃកណ្ដាល (mriəm day kɑɑkɑndaal) (Khmer), ចង្អុលដៃកណ្ដាល (cɑɑngʼoldaykndaal) (Khmer), ចង្អុលខ្មោច (cɑɑngʼolkhmaoc) (Khmer), 중지 (jungji) (alt: 中指) (Korean), 가운뎃손가락 (gaundetson'garak) (Korean), ນິ້ວກາງ (niu kāng) (Lao), digitus medius [masculine] (Latin), digitus tertius [masculine] (Latin), сре́ден пр́ст (sréden pŕst) [masculine] (Macedonian), jari hantu (Malay), jari tengah (Malay), jari malang (Malay), jari mati (Malay), jari panjang (Malay), നടുവിരൽ (naṭuviral) (Malayalam), saba’ tan-nofs [masculine] (Maltese), ᡩ᠋ᡠ᠋ᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ (dulimbai simhun) (Manchu), tōroa (Maori), māpere (Maori), मधले बोट (madhle boṭ) [neuter] (Marathi), álánézhí (Navajo), shaya sha hari [class-7, class-8] (Ngazidja Comorian), turu laŵa (Nias), maître dé [Jersey, masculine] (Norman), mouss'cotin [Guernsey, masculine] (Norman), gaskasuorbma (Northern Sami), langfinger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), langfinger [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), middelfinger [masculine] (Old English), اورتا پرمق (orta parmak) (Ottoman Turkish), Lankhauls [masculine] (Plautdietsch), środkowy palec [inanimate, masculine] (Polish), palec środkowy [masculine] (Polish), dedo médio [masculine] (Portuguese), deget mijlociu [neuter] (Romanian), сре́дний па́лец (srédnij pálec) [masculine] (Russian), ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱴᱩᱵ (tala kăṭup’) (Santali), gunna fada [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), fionna-fada [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), Fionnlagh fada (note: of a man) (Scottish Gaelic), Màiri fhada (note: of a woman) (Scottish Gaelic), meur fada (Scottish Gaelic), meuragaidh fada [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), corrag-mheadhain (Scottish Gaelic), meur meadhain [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), средњак [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), средњи прст [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), srednjak [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), srednji prst [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mediu [masculine] (Sicilian), jitu minzanu [masculine] (Sicilian), وِچِين (Sindhi), kõskksuõrmm (Skolt Sami), prostredník (Slovak), sredinec [masculine] (Slovene), pagkawkawa (Southern Kalinga), dedo de en medio [masculine] (Spanish), dedo del corazón [masculine] (Spanish), el dedo [masculine] (Spanish), mindrifinga (Sranan Tongo), jajangkung (Sundanese), kidole cha kati (Swahili), långfinger [neuter] (Swedish), hinlalato (Tagalog), hinggigitna (Tagalog), நடுவிரல் (naṭuviral) (Tamil), నడివ్రేలు (naḍivrēlu) (Telugu), นิ้วกลาง (níu-glaang) (Thai), དཀྱིལ་མཛུབ (dkyil mdzub) (Tibetan), ማእከለይቶ (maʾkäläyto) (Tigrinya), orta parmak (Turkish), orta barmak (Turkmen), сере́дній па́лець (serédnij pálecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ngón giữa (Vietnamese), ngón tay giữa (Vietnamese), bys canol [masculine] (Welsh), hirfys [masculine] (Welsh), canolfys [masculine] (Welsh), middelste finger (West Frisian), ортоку тарбах (ortoku tarbaq) (Yakut), akulipeq (Yup'ik), alqiliq (Yup'ik), aquq (Yup'ik), lwgfwngzgyang (Zhuang), uphakathi (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-middle_finger-en-noun-zJLlB3V~ Disambiguation of Fingers: 36 44 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Southern Kalinga terms in nonstandard scripts Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 41 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 68 27 4 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 60 35 5 Disambiguation of Southern Kalinga terms in nonstandard scripts: 70 24 6 Disambiguation of 'finger between the forefinger and the ring finger': 96 4 0
  2. An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand. Categories (topical): Fingers Translations (obscene gesture): 中指 (zhōngzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), middelvinger [masculine] (Dutch), keskisormi (Finnish), doigt d’honneur [masculine] (French), Stinkefinger [masculine] (German), κωλοδάχτυλο (kolodáchtylo) [neuter] (Greek), ファックサイン (fakku sain) (Japanese), фак (fak) [masculine] (Russian), fìgis (Scottish Gaelic), crignu [masculine] (Sicilian), peineta [feminine] (Spanish), corte de manga [masculine] (Spanish), peka finger (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-middle_finger-en-noun-WbyY5qm8 Disambiguation of Fingers: 36 44 20 Disambiguation of 'obscene gesture': 9 88 3
  3. (figurative) An insult directed at someone. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Fingers Translations (figuratively: insult): keskisormi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-middle_finger-en-noun-09l56I4t Disambiguation of Fingers: 36 44 20 Disambiguation of 'figuratively: insult': 1 39 59
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: long finger, middle finger, mid-finger, tall man, fuck finger Hypernyms: finger

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          "roman": "miǰnamat",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "միջնամատ"
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          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "hatz erdiko"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "sjarédni páljec",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "сярэ́дні па́лец"
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          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
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          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "manlalabaw"
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          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "biz-bras"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
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          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
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          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "kxd",
          "lang": "Brunei Malay",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari antu"
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        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
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          "lang": "Brunei Malay",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari tangah"
        },
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          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sréden prǎst",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сре́ден пръст"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "lakhka.lai",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "လက်ခလယ်"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dit del mig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "mel",
          "lang": "Central Melanau",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "tujok dagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "zung¹ zi²",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "中指"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "棟指"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "tung-chṳ́",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "栋指"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "hak",
          "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
          "roman": "chûng-chṳ́, chûng-chí",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "中指"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "中營"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "tiong-iâⁿ",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "中营"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "tiong-jiáu, tiong-niáu",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "中爪"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhōngzhǐ",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "中指"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "sānzhǐ",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "三指"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "將指"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "jiàngzhǐ",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "将指"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yùzhù",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "玉柱"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cop",
          "lang": "Coptic",
          "roman": "tēb nthmēti",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲑⲙⲏϯ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prostředník"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prostředníček"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "langfinger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "langemand"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "dlg",
          "lang": "Dolgan",
          "roman": "ortokuu çömüye",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ортокуу чөмүйэ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "middelvinger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "longa fingro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "meza fingro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "mezfingro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "keskmine sõrm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "longutong"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "keskisormi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "keskari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "majeur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "doigt du milieu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "médius"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "doigt III"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "troisième doigt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "grandiño"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maioral"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dedo medio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "šuatiti",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "შუათითი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Mittelfinger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "mésos",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "μέσος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sphákelos",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "σφάκελος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'amá",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "אַמָּה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tzredá",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "צְרֵדָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "középső ujj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "langatöng"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ilo",
          "lang": "Ilocano",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "akintenga nga ramay"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari tengah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari hantu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari malang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari mati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari panjang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "toin sormi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "digito medie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "méar mheáin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "medio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dito medio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "alt": "なかゆび",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nakayubi",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "中指"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "driji panunggul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "jv",
          "lang": "Javanese",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "driji panengah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "dundk",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "дундк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "eḍeveral",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ಎಡೆವೆರಲ್"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "naḍuberaḷu",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ನಡುಬೆರಳು"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "mriəm day kɑɑkɑndaal",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ម្រាមដៃកណ្ដាល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cɑɑngʼoldaykndaal",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ចង្អុលដៃកណ្ដាល"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "cɑɑngʼolkhmaoc",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ចង្អុលខ្មោច"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "alt": "中指",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jungji",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "중지"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gaundetson'garak",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "가운뎃손가락"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "ballaberze",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "باڵابەرزە"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "zerrneqûte",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "زەڕنەقووتە"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "niu kāng",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ນິ້ວກາງ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "digitus medius"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "digitus tertius"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sréden pŕst",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сре́ден пр́ст"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari hantu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari tengah"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari malang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari mati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jari panjang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "naṭuviral",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "നടുവിരൽ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saba’ tan-nofs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "mnc",
          "lang": "Manchu",
          "roman": "dulimbai simhun",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ᡩ᠋ᡠ᠋ᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "tōroa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "māpere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "madhle boṭ",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "मधले बोट"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "álánézhí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "zdj",
          "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "class-7",
            "class-8"
          ],
          "word": "shaya sha hari"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nia",
          "lang": "Nias",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "turu laŵa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "maître dé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "Guernsey",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mouss'cotin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "se",
          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "gaskasuorbma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "langfinger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "langfinger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "middelfinger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "orta parmak",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "اورتا پرمق"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Lankhauls"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "inanimate",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "środkowy palec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "palec środkowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dedo médio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "deget mijlociu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "srédnij pálec",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сре́дний па́лец"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sat",
          "lang": "Santali",
          "roman": "tala kăṭup’",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱴᱩᱵ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gunna fada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "fionna-fada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "note": "of a man",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "Fionnlagh fada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "note": "of a woman",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "Màiri fhada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "meur fada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "meuragaidh fada"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "corrag-mheadhain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "meur meadhain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "средњак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "средњи прст"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "srednjak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "srednji prst"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mediu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jitu minzanu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sd",
          "lang": "Sindhi",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "وِچِين"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sms",
          "lang": "Skolt Sami",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "kõskksuõrmm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "prostredník"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sredinec"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ksc",
          "lang": "Southern Kalinga",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "pagkawkawa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dedo de en medio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dedo del corazón"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "el dedo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "srn",
          "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "mindrifinga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "su",
          "lang": "Sundanese",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "jajangkung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "kidole cha kati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "långfinger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "hinlalato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "hinggigitna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "naṭuviral",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "நடுவிரல்"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "naḍivrēlu",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "నడివ్రేలు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "níu-glaang",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "นิ้วกลาง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "dkyil mdzub",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "དཀྱིལ་མཛུབ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "ti",
          "lang": "Tigrinya",
          "roman": "maʾkäläyto",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ማእከለይቶ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "orta parmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "orta barmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "serédnij pálecʹ",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сере́дній па́лець"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ngón giữa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ngón tay giữa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bys canol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hirfys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "canolfys"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "middelste finger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "sah",
          "lang": "Yakut",
          "roman": "ortoku tarbaq",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "ортоку тарбах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "esu",
          "lang": "Yup'ik",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "akulipeq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "esu",
          "lang": "Yup'ik",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "alqiliq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "esu",
          "lang": "Yup'ik",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "aquq"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "za",
          "lang": "Zhuang",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "lwgfwngzgyang"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "96 4 0",
          "code": "zu",
          "lang": "Zulu",
          "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
          "word": "uphakathi"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "36 44 20",
          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Fingers",
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        {
          "ref": "2018 February 4, Jason Silverstein, “Giving Middle Finger to Police Is a First Amendment Right, Man Argues in Lawsuit Over Ticket”, in Newsweek",
          "text": "An Indiana man argues in a federal lawsuit filed last week that he had a First Amendment right to give the middle finger to a state trooper, and that his free speech was violated when the gesture earned him a ticket.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand."
      ],
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        [
          "obscene",
          "obscene#English"
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          "gesture",
          "gesture#English"
        ],
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          "insult",
          "insult#English"
        ]
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          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zhōngzhǐ",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "word": "中指"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "middelvinger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "word": "keskisormi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "doigt d’honneur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stinkefinger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kolodáchtylo",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "κωλοδάχτυλο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fakku sain",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "word": "ファックサイン"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "fak",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "фак"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "word": "fìgis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "crignu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "peineta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "corte de manga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "9 88 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "obscene gesture",
          "word": "peka finger"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis": "36 44 20",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Fingers",
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          "parents": [
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Dominique Paul, The Possibility of Fireflies, page 62",
          "text": "Her whole way of being is a big middle finger to the other guy.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 October 24, “Colorado judge says company acted \"maliciously and in bad faith\" in coin stunt”, in CBS News",
          "text": "Beem called the tactic [paying US$23500 settlement in coins] \"petty and a grand waste of time\" and said the coin delivery was \"a symbolic middle finger.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      ],
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        "(figurative) An insult directed at someone."
      ],
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        "figuratively"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 39 59",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "figuratively: insult",
          "word": "keskisormi"
        }
      ]
    }
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    {
      "_dis1": "51 49 0",
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      "word": "middle finger"
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    {
      "_dis1": "51 49 0",
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      "word": "mid-finger"
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    {
      "_dis1": "51 49 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:middle finger",
      "word": "tall man"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "51 49 0",
      "source": "Thesaurus:middle finger",
      "word": "fuck finger"
    }
  ],
  "word": "middle finger"
}
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        {
          "ref": "2018 February 4, Jason Silverstein, “Giving Middle Finger to Police Is a First Amendment Right, Man Argues in Lawsuit Over Ticket”, in Newsweek",
          "text": "An Indiana man argues in a federal lawsuit filed last week that he had a First Amendment right to give the middle finger to a state trooper, and that his free speech was violated when the gesture earned him a ticket.",
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          "ref": "2023 October 24, “Colorado judge says company acted \"maliciously and in bad faith\" in coin stunt”, in CBS News",
          "text": "Beem called the tactic [paying US$23500 settlement in coins] \"petty and a grand waste of time\" and said the coin delivery was \"a symbolic middle finger.\"",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:middle finger",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:middle finger",
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    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:middle finger",
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wusṭā",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وُسْطَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "arz",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "wuṣṭā",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Egyptian-Arabic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وسطى"
    },
    {
      "code": "arc",
      "lang": "Aramaic",
      "roman": "meṣʿaytāʾ",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ܡܨܥܝܬܐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "miǰnamat",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "միջնամատ"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "hatz erdiko"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sjarédni páljec",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сярэ́дні па́лец"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "manlalabaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biz-bras"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biz-kreiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "kxd",
      "lang": "Brunei Malay",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari antu"
    },
    {
      "code": "kxd",
      "lang": "Brunei Malay",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari tangah"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sréden prǎst",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сре́ден пръст"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "lakhka.lai",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "လက်ခလယ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dit del mig"
    },
    {
      "code": "mel",
      "lang": "Central Melanau",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "tujok dagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "zung¹ zi²",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "中指"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "棟指"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "tung-chṳ́",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "栋指"
    },
    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "chûng-chṳ́, chûng-chí",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "中指"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "zh-min-nan",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "中指"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "中營"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "tiong-iâⁿ",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "中营"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan-hbl",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "tiong-jiáu, tiong-niáu",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Hokkien"
      ],
      "word": "中爪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhōngzhǐ",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "中指"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "sānzhǐ",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "三指"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "將指"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiàngzhǐ",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "将指"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yùzhù",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "玉柱"
    },
    {
      "code": "cop",
      "lang": "Coptic",
      "roman": "tēb nthmēti",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ⲧⲏⲃ ⲛⲑⲙⲏϯ"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prostředník"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prostředníček"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "langfinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "langemand"
    },
    {
      "code": "dlg",
      "lang": "Dolgan",
      "roman": "ortokuu çömüye",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ортокуу чөмүйэ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "middelvinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "longa fingro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "meza fingro"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "mezfingro"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "keskmine sõrm"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "longutong"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "keskisormi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "keskari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "majeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doigt du milieu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "médius"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doigt III"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "troisième doigt"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "grandiño"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maioral"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dedo medio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šuatiti",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "შუათითი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Mittelfinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "mésos",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "μέσος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "sphákelos",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "σφάκελος"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "'amá",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "אַמָּה"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tzredá",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "צְרֵדָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "középső ujj"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "langatöng"
    },
    {
      "code": "ilo",
      "lang": "Ilocano",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "akintenga nga ramay"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari tengah"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari hantu"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari malang"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari mati"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari panjang"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "toin sormi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "digito medie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "méar mheáin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "medio"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dito medio"
    },
    {
      "alt": "なかゆび",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "nakayubi",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "中指"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "driji panunggul"
    },
    {
      "code": "jv",
      "lang": "Javanese",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "driji panengah"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "dundk",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "дундк"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "eḍeveral",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ಎಡೆವೆರಲ್"
    },
    {
      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "naḍuberaḷu",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ನಡುಬೆರಳು"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "mriəm day kɑɑkɑndaal",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ម្រាមដៃកណ្ដាល"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cɑɑngʼoldaykndaal",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ចង្អុលដៃកណ្ដាល"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "cɑɑngʼolkhmaoc",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ចង្អុលខ្មោច"
    },
    {
      "alt": "中指",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jungji",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "중지"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gaundetson'garak",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "가운뎃손가락"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "ballaberze",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "باڵابەرزە"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "zerrneqûte",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "زەڕنەقووتە"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "niu kāng",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ນິ້ວກາງ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "digitus medius"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "digitus tertius"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sréden pŕst",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сре́ден пр́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari hantu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari tengah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari malang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari mati"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jari panjang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "naṭuviral",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "നടുവിരൽ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saba’ tan-nofs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mnc",
      "lang": "Manchu",
      "roman": "dulimbai simhun",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ᡩ᠋ᡠ᠋ᠯᡳᠮᠪᠠᡳ ᠰᡳᠮᡥᡠᠨ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "tōroa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "māpere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "madhle boṭ",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "मधले बोट"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "álánézhí"
    },
    {
      "code": "zdj",
      "lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "class-7",
        "class-8"
      ],
      "word": "shaya sha hari"
    },
    {
      "code": "nia",
      "lang": "Nias",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "turu laŵa"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "maître dé"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Guernsey",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mouss'cotin"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "gaskasuorbma"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "langfinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "langfinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "middelfinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "orta parmak",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "اورتا پرمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Lankhauls"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "inanimate",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "środkowy palec"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palec środkowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dedo médio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "deget mijlociu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "srédnij pálec",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сре́дний па́лец"
    },
    {
      "code": "sat",
      "lang": "Santali",
      "roman": "tala kăṭup’",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ᱛᱟᱞᱟ ᱠᱟᱹᱴᱩᱵ"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gunna fada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fionna-fada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "note": "of a man",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "Fionnlagh fada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "note": "of a woman",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "Màiri fhada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "meur fada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meuragaidh fada"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "corrag-mheadhain"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "meur meadhain"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "средњак"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "средњи прст"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "srednjak"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "srednji prst"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mediu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jitu minzanu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sd",
      "lang": "Sindhi",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "وِچِين"
    },
    {
      "code": "sms",
      "lang": "Skolt Sami",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "kõskksuõrmm"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "prostredník"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sredinec"
    },
    {
      "code": "ksc",
      "lang": "Southern Kalinga",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "pagkawkawa"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dedo de en medio"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dedo del corazón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "el dedo"
    },
    {
      "code": "srn",
      "lang": "Sranan Tongo",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "mindrifinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "su",
      "lang": "Sundanese",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "jajangkung"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "kidole cha kati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "långfinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "hinlalato"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "hinggigitna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "naṭuviral",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "நடுவிரல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "naḍivrēlu",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "నడివ్రేలు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "níu-glaang",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "นิ้วกลาง"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "dkyil mdzub",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "དཀྱིལ་མཛུབ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ti",
      "lang": "Tigrinya",
      "roman": "maʾkäläyto",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ማእከለይቶ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "orta parmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "orta barmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "serédnij pálecʹ",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сере́дній па́лець"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ngón giữa"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ngón tay giữa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bys canol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hirfys"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "canolfys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "middelste finger"
    },
    {
      "code": "sah",
      "lang": "Yakut",
      "roman": "ortoku tarbaq",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "ортоку тарбах"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "akulipeq"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "alqiliq"
    },
    {
      "code": "esu",
      "lang": "Yup'ik",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "aquq"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "lwgfwngzgyang"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "finger between the forefinger and the ring finger",
      "word": "uphakathi"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhōngzhǐ",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "word": "中指"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "middelvinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "word": "keskisormi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doigt d’honneur"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stinkefinger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kolodáchtylo",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κωλοδάχτυλο"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fakku sain",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "word": "ファックサイン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "fak",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фак"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "word": "fìgis"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crignu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "peineta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "corte de manga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "obscene gesture",
      "word": "peka finger"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "figuratively: insult",
      "word": "keskisormi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "middle finger"
}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": tiong-cháiⁿ, tiong-chúiⁿ, tiong-chái, tiong-chán vs. zh-min-nan",
  "path": [
    "middle finger"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "middle finger",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": talmudic vs. tzredá",
  "path": [
    "middle finger"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "middle finger",
  "trace": ""
}

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