Usually means: Gesture using middle finger rudely.
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General (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. give (someone) the finger, give the finger: Merriam-Webster
  2. give the finger: Wiktionary
  3. give (someone) the finger, give the finger: Dictionary.com
  4. give the finger: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. give the finger: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. give the finger: Medical dictionary

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  1. give the finger: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (give the finger)

verb:  (usually transitive) To make an obscene gesture (towards someone) by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards.
verb:  (intransitive) To make any sort of gesture extending one of the fingers above the others.

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