flip off

verb

To make a rude or obscene gesture at someone.

“He was so pissed he flipped off the policeman.”

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Meanings

verbflip off (third-person singular simple present flips off, present participle flipping off, simple past and past participle flipped off)

present singular third person flips off · participle present flipping off · participle past flipped off · past flipped off

  1. informaltransitiveTo make a rude or obscene gesture at someone.

    He was so pissed he flipped off the policeman.

    1 more example

    Would you believe he flipped me off over that comment?

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
flick offflip the birdgive the fingertrudeau salute

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 竖中指
  • 竖中指 (shù zhōngzhǐ)to make a rude or obscene gesture
Finnish näyttää keskisormea
  • näyttää keskisormeato make a rude or obscene gesture
French faire un doigt d'honneur, faire un bras d'honneur
  • faire un doigt d'honneurto make a rude or obscene gesture
  • faire un bras d'honneurto make a rude or obscene gesture
German den Stinkefinger zeigen
  • den Stinkefinger zeigento make a rude or obscene gesture
Russian показа́ть оскорби́тельный жест, показа́ть сре́дний па́лец
  • показа́ть оскорби́тельный жест (pokazátʹ oskorbítelʹnyj žest)to make a rude or obscene gesture
  • показа́ть сре́дний па́лец (pokazátʹ srédnij pálec)to make a rude or obscene gesture
Spanish dar el dedo
  • dar el dedoto make a rude or obscene gesture
Swedish peka finger, ge fingret
  • peka fingerto make a rude or obscene gesture
  • ge fingretto make a rude or obscene gesture
Turkish hareket çekmek
  • hareket çekmekto make a rude or obscene gesture
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APA

flip off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flip%20off

MLA

“flip off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flip%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flip off,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flip%20off.

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