flip off

verb

flipped off; flipping off; flips off

transitive verb

: to hold up the middle finger as an obscene gesture of contempt to
flipped off the other driver

Examples of flip off in a Sentence

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Beginning the song at the piano, Boone shed his fur and flipped off the piano as May emerged behind him at the top of the stage for the song’s famed guitar solo. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 12 Apr. 2025 Boone then shed the cape to reveal his viral Grammys jumpsuit underneath and did one of his signature flips off the piano. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2025 Last year, he was held in contempt last year after flipping off a judge. Steven Lemongello, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025 Perhaps the most memorable number is the one with an unprintable title that invites the audience to flip off Ted Cruz. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for flip off

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flip off was in 1982

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“Flip off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flip%20off. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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