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flipping off

flipping off is the present participle and gerund of flip off.

Meaning of flip off

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?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flip, off.

Questions about flipping off

What is flipping off the present participle and gerund of?
Flipping off is the present participle and gerund of flip off.

Words near flipping off in the dictionary

  1. flippin'
  2. flipping
  3. flipping a bitch
  4. flipping burgers
  5. flipping Nora
  6. flipping off
  7. flipping on its head
  8. flipping one's lid
  9. flipping one's shit
  10. flipping one's wig
  11. flipping out

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