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flip off

flip off verb: to make a rude or obscene gesture at someone.

Verb

flip off (third-person singular simple present flips off, present participle flipping off, simple past and past participle flipped off)

  1. (informal, transitive) To make a rude or obscene gesture at someone.
    • Would you believe he flipped me off over that comment?
    • He was so pissed he flipped off the policeman.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flip, off.

Forms of flip off

third-person singular presentflips off
present participleflipping off
past participleflipped off
pastflipped off

Questions about flip off

What does flip off mean?
Flip off means to make a rude or obscene gesture at someone.
What part of speech is flip off?
Flip off is a verb.
What is the past tense of flip off?
The past tense of flip off is flipped off.

Words near flip off in the dictionary

  1. flip dog
  2. flip dogs
  3. flip flop
  4. flip flops
  5. flip of the coin
  6. flip off
  7. flip on its head
  8. flip one's lid
  9. flip one's shit
  10. flip one's wig
  11. flip out

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