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
Examples of flip off in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The other image finds Cabello donning an off-the-shoulder white top while flipping off the camera and flashing a subtle smirk.
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Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2024
Tracee Ellis Ross flips off Taco at interior designer Kelly Wearstler’s house.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The First Amendment includes the middle finger While other cases had discussed the protection of vulgarity, like giving the middle finger, the 2019 case of Debra Lee Cruise-Gulyas v. Matthew Wayne Minard discussed specifically flipping off a cop.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2024
Standing over him was a man flipping off the camera, Roman said.
—Brittany Morris, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
Cruise-Gulyas had flipped off Minard, a police officer, after being pulled over for speeding and given a ticket for a minor offense.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2024
To eat by flickering light, the overhead bulbs flipped off, the room brightened by candles and the Christmas tree.
—Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
That’s a worthy impulse, but reverence doesn’t suit a novel where the main character spends most of his time flipping off the universe.
—Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
Meanwhile, Portnoy is trying to sell T-shirts featuring Redd’s drawing of himself flipping off the Barstool founder, and news sites across the country have pounced on the spectacle.
—Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2024
Tracee Ellis Ross flips off Taco at interior designer Kelly Wearstler’s house.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
The First Amendment includes the middle finger While other cases had discussed the protection of vulgarity, like giving the middle finger, the 2019 case of Debra Lee Cruise-Gulyas v. Matthew Wayne Minard discussed specifically flipping off a cop.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2024
Standing over him was a man flipping off the camera, Roman said.
—Brittany Morris, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
Cruise-Gulyas had flipped off Minard, a police officer, after being pulled over for speeding and given a ticket for a minor offense.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 10 Feb. 2024
To eat by flickering light, the overhead bulbs flipped off, the room brightened by candles and the Christmas tree.
—Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
That’s a worthy impulse, but reverence doesn’t suit a novel where the main character spends most of his time flipping off the universe.
—Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
Meanwhile, Portnoy is trying to sell T-shirts featuring Redd’s drawing of himself flipping off the Barstool founder, and news sites across the country have pounced on the spectacle.
—Steve Annear, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1982, in the meaning defined above
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“Flip off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flip%20off. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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