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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Jim Marshall, the legendary photographer behind some of music’s most iconic images — including Johnny Cash flipping off the camera at San Quentin and Dylan strolling through Greenwich Village — was one of the few granted the Grateful Dead’s trust.
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The golf cart flipped off the edge of a stone wall and landed in the lake, but the three teenagers were able to stand on top of the cart in the water, Campbell said.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The woman is seen having a heated confrontation with a worker at Ventura County Mexican shop La Catrinita Crafts, with both parties exchanging insults, culminating in the woman walking away while flipping off the worker, who responds by telling her never to return.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
You won’t be fined or arrested for flipping off another driver who cuts you off in traffic.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
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Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 Aug. 2025
The golf cart flipped off the edge of a stone wall and landed in the lake, but the three teenagers were able to stand on top of the cart in the water, Campbell said.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
The woman is seen having a heated confrontation with a worker at Ventura County Mexican shop La Catrinita Crafts, with both parties exchanging insults, culminating in the woman walking away while flipping off the worker, who responds by telling her never to return.
—Martha McHardy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
You won’t be fined or arrested for flipping off another driver who cuts you off in traffic.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
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“Flip off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flip%20off. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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