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V-sign

V-sign is the alternative form of V sign.

Meaning of V sign

Noun

V sign (plural V signs)

  1. A sign of victory or peace made by raising the index and middle fingers with the palm outwards.
    Synonyms:
    peace sign
  2. (Commonwealth, Ireland, UK) A gesture of contempt or insult made by raising the index and middle fingers with the palm inwards; apocryphally originated by English bowmen at Agincourt (in actuality attested only from 1901).

Forms of V-sign

pluralV-signs

Questions about V-sign

What is V-sign the alternative form of?
V-sign is the alternative form of V sign.

Words near V-sign in the dictionary

  1. v-ring
  2. v-rings
  3. V-shaped
  4. V-shaped valley
  5. V-shaped valleys
  6. V-sign
  7. V-signs
  8. V-sync
  9. v-tach
  10. v-taching
  11. v-tachs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: V-sign (page history and authors); V sign (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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