flip off
verb
flipped off; flipping off; flips off
: to hold up the middle finger as an obscene gesture of contempt to
flipped off the other driver
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Like telling the New York Giants which coach to hire, posing with a Nobel Peace Prize that was not his, threatening political enemies, flipping off a heckler during a tour of a Detroit automaker, seeking to deploy troops to Minneapolis and wanting to make Canada our 51st state.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
On the vault, Bell performed a Yurchenko full, a roundoff onto the springboard, a back handspring onto the vault table and then a flip off the apparatus with a full twist.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2026
His post also included photos of Williams flipping off the camera at the Golden Globes.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 16 Jan. 2026
Instead, the situation did escalate, with the victim allegedly flipping off the woman with Tucker and getting physically close to the pair, witnesses said, before Tucker allegedly pushed the victim down the stairs.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
On the vault, Bell performed a Yurchenko full, a roundoff onto the springboard, a back handspring onto the vault table and then a flip off the apparatus with a full twist.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 17 Jan. 2026
His post also included photos of Williams flipping off the camera at the Golden Globes.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 16 Jan. 2026
Instead, the situation did escalate, with the victim allegedly flipping off the woman with Tucker and getting physically close to the pair, witnesses said, before Tucker allegedly pushed the victim down the stairs.
—Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
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“Flip off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flip%20off. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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