英和和英

動詞

middle-finger (third-person singular simple present middle-fingers, present participle middle-fingering, simple past and past participle middle-fingered)

1. (slang, transitive, uncommon) To show the middle finger (an obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult) to someone.
   • 1997 March 12, GrandBlu 2, “Gingrich 2 Limbaugh:"Screw you, it's bipartisan I'll be!"”, in alt.fan.rush-limbaugh‎ (Usenet):

     Gingrich, in effect, has middle-fingered his pal, Limbaugh, by "faking" a more friendly image. It's obvious Newtee is attempting to "buy" women's emotions, and if it were more obvious, it'd be a stain on your eyeball! BUT REMEMBER .. a leopard can't change its spots, and Newtee's spots are more than skin deep!

   • 2000, Douglas H. Young, Downsized Upsized, A Novel, page 311:

     middle-fingered the driver of a Mazda, who was hogging the passing lane, then zipped past, horn blaring, fist raised.

   • 2002, Jim Kohl, One Truth at a Time, page 107:

     The driver middle fingered his rear-view mirror then he drove off.

   • 2009 January 7, Chuck Shepherd, “News of the Weird Daily for Wednesday”, in DailyWeird‎ (Usenet):

     A Chinese speed-skater was banned from competition for a year for middle-fingering the audience, but this is actually a sign of the country's liberalism: The last athletes disciplined for poor sportsmanship (in 2006) were sent to military boot camp.

   • 2020, Nick Oldham, Wildfire:

     A couple of young lads eyed them venomously and middle-fingered the car.

   • 2026, TooCareless2Care, Reddit‎:

     Someone blocked me from nowhere. Ok, screw off, middle-fingered the screen and went my way.