middle finger
/ˈmɪdəl ˈfɪŋɡə(ɹ)/
middle finger noun: the finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
Noun
middle finger (plural middle fingers)
- The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
- Synonyms:
- fuck finger, long finger, medius, mid-finger, tall man
- An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.
- An Indiana man argues in a federal lawsuit filed last week that he had a First Amendment right to give the middle finger to a state trooper, and that his free speech was violated when the gesture earned him a ticket.2018 February 4, Jason Silverstein, “Giving Middle Finger to Police Is a First Amendment Right, Man Argues in Lawsuit Over Ticket”, in Newsweek
- Synonyms:
- the finger, dirty finger
- An insult directed at someone.
- Her whole way of being is a big middle finger to the other guy.2007, Dominique Paul, The Possibility of Fireflies, page 62
- Beem called the tactic [paying US$23500 settlement in coins] "petty and a grand waste of time" and said the coin delivery was "a symbolic middle finger."2023 October 24, “Colorado judge says company acted "maliciously and in bad faith" in coin stunt”, in CBS News
middle finger meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Telugu
middle finger in Hindi
- finger between the forefinger and the ring finger
- मध्यमा madhyamā
middle finger in Tamil
- finger between the forefinger and the ring finger
- நடுவிரல் naṭuviral
middle finger in Marathi
- finger between the forefinger and the ring finger
- मध्यमा madhyamā
middle finger in Telugu
- finger between the forefinger and the ring finger
- నడివ్రేలు naḍivrēlu
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- middle finger in Malayalam
- നടുവിരൽ naṭuviral
- middle finger in Kannada
- ಮಧ್ಯಮ madhyama, ಎಡೆವೆರಲ್ eḍeveral, ನಡುಬೆರಳು naḍuberaḷu
- middle finger in Gujarati
- વચલી આંગળી vaclī ā̃gaḷī
- middle finger in Sanskrit
- मध्यम madhyamá
- middle finger in Tagalog
- hinlalato, hinggigitna
- middle finger in Arabic
- وُسْطَى wusṭā
- middle finger in Malay
- jari hantu, jari tengah, jari malang, jari mati
- middle finger in Indonesian
- jari tengah, jari hantu, jari malang, jari mati
- middle finger in Thai
- นิ้วกลาง níu-glaang
- middle finger in Vietnamese
- ngón giữa, ngón tay giữa
- middle finger in Myanmar
- လက်ခလယ် lakhka.lai
- Sindhi
- وِچِين vicī̃
Synonyms of middle finger
Forms of middle finger
| plural | middle fingers |
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Origin of middle finger
From Middle English myddel fynger. By surface analysis, middle + finger.
Words formed from middle finger
Questions about middle finger
- What does middle finger mean?
- Middle finger means the finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
- What is middle finger in Hindi?
- Middle finger in Hindi is मध्यमा (madhyamā). See Middle finger meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is middle finger?
- Middle finger is a noun.
- How do you pronounce middle finger?
- Middle finger is pronounced /ˈmɪdəl ˈfɪŋɡə(ɹ)/.
- What is the plural of middle finger?
- The plural of middle finger is middle fingers.
Words near middle finger in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: middle finger (page history and authors); વચલી આંગળી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); मध्यम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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