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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The woman appears to double-down on the racist term and flips off the man confronting her with both of her middle fingers.
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Terry Tang, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
In one low moment, Mr. Met was caught on camera flipping off fans; in another, a player sprayed bleach at reporters.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
You won’t be fined or arrested for flipping off another driver who cuts you off in traffic.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
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
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Terry Tang, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
In one low moment, Mr. Met was caught on camera flipping off fans; in another, a player sprayed bleach at reporters.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
You won’t be fined or arrested for flipping off another driver who cuts you off in traffic.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
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
See All Example Sentences for flip off
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“Flip off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flip%20off. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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