middle finger
nounDefinition of middle finger
: the midmost of the five digits of the hand
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With the Eagles, Gruden, working from the coaches booth, once exchanged middle fingers with Ricky Watters on the sideline over the running back’s dismay over not getting enough carries. — Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News, "Raiders’ Gruden on ‘Hard Knocks’ portrayal: ‘I’m not as foul-mouthed as people think’," 17 Aug. 2019 Castillo was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday with a strained middle finger on his throwing hand. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Padres notes: Tatis’ selective stealing; Castillo back on IL; France on the move," 9 Aug. 2019 Injury updates: Tight end Ralph Taufa’asau is out for a month after undergoing surgery for a broken middle finger Monday. — oregonlive.com, "Is Tristan Gebbia making a serious run at Jake Luton for Oregon State starting quarterback? It seems so: Day 4 recap," 5 Aug. 2019 When caught by Paparazzi, MGK proudly gave the cameras two middle fingers. — Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, "Are Machine Gun Kelly and Chantel Jeffries dating?," 5 July 2019 As helicopters carrying the Hong Kong and Chinese flag flew over, protesters gathered on the streets below waved middle fingers at them. — Shibani Mahtani, Washington Post, "Hong Kong police clash with protesters on anniversary of return to China," 30 June 2019 As helicopters carrying the Hong Kong and Chinese flag flew over, protesters gathered on the streets waved middle fingers at them. — Shibani Mahtani, BostonGlobe.com, "Hong Kong police clash with protesters on anniversary of return to China," 30 June 2019 The racist fan made a crude gesture with his middle finger behind Romero and her family when the family took a selfie together, Romero wrote in a Facebook post that's been shared more than 115,000 times. — Ryan Prior, CNN, "The Texas Rangers banned a fan after a Hispanic family said he harassed them at a game," 9 Aug. 2019 Police images of their arrest show Elder with a partially missing middle finger. — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, "Bay Area teen accused of killing Italian cop was charged with assault in San Francisco," 31 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'middle finger.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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