one finger salute

A form of one-finger salute — The obscene gesture made by holding only the middle finger of a hand erect while the rest of the fingers are in a fist.

Meanings

nounone finger salute (plural one finger salutes)

plural one finger salutes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of one-finger salute.
verbone finger salute (third-person singular simple present one finger salutes, present participle one finger saluting, simple past and past participle one finger saluted)

present singular third person one finger salutes · participle present one finger saluting · participle past one finger saluted · past one finger saluted

  1. alternativerareAlternative form of one-finger salute.
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