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one-finger salute en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The obscene gesture made by holding only the middle finger of a hand erect while the rest of the fingers are in a fist.
   • They honk, point and whistle. You swear and give them the old one-finger salute. 1997, Gene Amole, "Put Water Bag On Front Bumper", in Rocky Mountain News, 24 June 1997, reprinted in Amole One More Time, Big Earth Publishing (1998), page 236
   • When the inning ended, Ted leaped into the air and delivered the classic one-finger salute to the booing crowd. 1985, Bruce Nash, Allan Zullo, The Baseball Hall of Shame, Simon and Schuster, published 1989, →ISBN, page 160:
   • Painted on one: destroy this memory. ¶ On another, a homeowner has painted a one-finger salute to Allstate. 2005, Chris Rose, 1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina, Simon and Schuster, published 2007, →ISBN, page 185:
   • The troops […] gave them back the old one-finger salute of the clenched fist jabbing the stiff middle finger into the air. 1951, James Jones, From Here to Eternity, Scribner(1951), page 761; also Delta (1998), page 754
   • I think most truckers realize this MAY be 4 wheelers thinking and not resort to one finger salute. 2002 September 11, Say!What?, “Re: What Would You Do?”, in misc.transport.trucking (Usenet):

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
one-fingered salute		alternative	lexicographic
one-finger salutes	Number=Plur		lexicographic
one finger salute		alternative	lexicographic
one fingered salute		alternative	lexicographic

Coordinates

two-finger salute

Synonyms

Jersey salute · single-fingered salute · single-digit salute

one-finger salute en · VERB

Meanings

1. (rare) To give a one-finger salute.
   • I've one finger saluted life before. 2004 February 19, Brent Wiescamp, 'Re: Things That Make You Go "Hmmm"', alt.sports.football.pro.denver-broncos, Usenet

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
one-finger salutes	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic
one-finger saluting	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
one-finger saluted	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
one-finger saluted	Tense=Past		lexicographic
one finger salute		alternative	lexicographic
one-fingered salute		alternative	lexicographic
one fingered salute		alternative	lexicographic

Relateds

up yours · V sign · five-finger discount

Synonyms

give the finger (make obscene gesture) · flip the bird (make obscene gesture) · flick off (make obscene gesture)