corte de manga — meaning in English
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English meaning
- middle finger noun An offensive hand gesture made by raising the middle finger with the other fingers folded down, used to express contempt or defiance.
Senses
corte de manga is used for these senses in English:
- bras d'honneur An obscene gesture in which an arm is bent into an L-shape, with the closed palm pointing upwards, while the other hand then grips the biceps of the bent arm, and the bent forearm is then raised vertically; it conveys the sense of “up yours!”.
- middle finger An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.
middle finger — full definition
- noun An offensive hand gesture made by raising the middle finger with the other fingers folded down, used to express contempt or defiance.
- noun The longest finger of the hand, lying between the index finger and the ring finger.
- noun A deliberate act of defiance or rejection aimed at an authority or convention.