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flips the bird

flips the bird is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flip the bird.

Meaning of flip the bird

Verb

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

  1. (ambitransitive, colloquial, idiomatic) To make a rude or obscene gesture (at somebody); particularly, to extend the middle finger.
    • I accidentally bumped into him, and he flipped me the bird.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flip, bird.

Questions about flips the bird

What is flips the bird the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flips the bird is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flip the bird.

Words near flips the bird in the dictionary

  1. flips one's shit
  2. flips one's wig
  3. flips out
  4. flips over
  5. flips shit
  6. flips the bird
  7. flips the lid
  8. flips the script
  9. flips through
  10. flipside
  11. flipsides

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