Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see flip, bird.
To make a rude or obscene gesture; particularly, to extend the middle finger.
I accidentally bumped into him, and he flipped me the bird.
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Nearby phrases
Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to flip the bird
dicky-birddicky-birdearly birdearly bird catches the wormEarly Bird Catches the Wormeat like a birdfeathered oof-birdflip of a dimeflip offflip one's lidflip one's wigflip one's wigflip outflip overflip overflip your lidflip-outfree as a birdghetto birdoof-birdsing like a birdsing like a birdstrange birdthe early bird catches the wormthe early bird gets the worm
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