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devil sign

devil sign noun: a hand gesture formed by closing the middle two fingers and the thumb and extending the index finger and little finger so as to indicate devil horns.

Noun

devil sign (plural devil signs)

  1. A hand gesture formed by closing the middle two fingers and the thumb and extending the index finger and little finger so as to indicate devil horns.
    • Anyway, their 1980 effort at the Capitol was totally fucked. It was so bloody loud you could not hear yourself think and all that little satin ponce Dio could do was run around the stage in his platform shoes making fucked devil signs with his fingers.1981 April 12, Tharunka, Kensington, page 30

Forms of devil sign

pluraldevil signs

Questions about devil sign

What does devil sign mean?
Devil sign means a hand gesture formed by closing the middle two fingers and the thumb and extending the index finger and little finger so as to indicate devil horns.
What part of speech is devil sign?
Devil sign is a noun.
What is the plural of devil sign?
The plural of devil sign is devil signs.

Words near devil sign in the dictionary

  1. devil rays
  2. devil screecher
  3. devil screechers
  4. devil seam
  5. devil seams
  6. devil sign
  7. devil signs
  8. devil smoke
  9. devil stick
  10. devil sticks
  11. devil strip

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