- give someone the bird
- mainly American informal to hold up your middle finger as a very rude sign
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give someone the bird
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give someone the bird — phrase mainly american informal to hold up your middle finger as a very rude sign Thesaurus: to use a particular gesture to communicate somethinghyponym Main entry: bird * * * see flip someone the bird * * * gi … Useful english dictionary
give someone the bird — flip/give (someone) the bird American & Australian, very informal to make a very impolite sign by raising your middle finger towards someone in order to show that you are angry with them. If he d shouted at me like that I d have flipped him the… … New idioms dictionary
give someone the bird Brit. — give someone the bird Brit. informal boo or jeer at someone. → bird … English new terms dictionary
flip someone the bird — flip/give (someone) the bird American & Australian, very informal to make a very impolite sign by raising your middle finger towards someone in order to show that you are angry with them. If he d shouted at me like that I d have flipped him the… … New idioms dictionary
flip someone the bird — tv. to give someone the finger; to display the digitus im pudicus to someone. □ Max flipped the cop the bird and that was just the wrong thing to do. □ The little kid flipped the cop the bird and didn’t even know what it meant … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
flip someone the bird — stick one s middle finger up at someone as a sign of contempt or anger, meaning fuck you . Compare with give someone the finger in finger … Useful english dictionary
give the bird — give (someone) the bird informal 1 or flip (someone) the bird US : to make an offensive gesture at someone by pointing the middle finger upward while keeping the other fingers folded down He flipped them the bird. [=gave them the finger] 2 Brit … Useful english dictionary
give the bird — flip/give (someone) the bird American & Australian, very informal to make a very impolite sign by raising your middle finger towards someone in order to show that you are angry with them. If he d shouted at me like that I d have flipped him the… … New idioms dictionary
flip the bird — flip/give (someone) the bird American & Australian, very informal to make a very impolite sign by raising your middle finger towards someone in order to show that you are angry with them. If he d shouted at me like that I d have flipped him the… … New idioms dictionary
bird — [ bɜrd ] noun count *** 1. ) an animal covered in feathers, with two wings for flying and a hard pointed mouth called a beak or a bill. Birds build nests, in which female birds lay eggs. 2. ) OLD FASHIONED a particular type of person: She s a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
