peka finger — 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
peka finger is used for these senses in English:
- flick off (slang) To insult (someone) by showing them the back of one's fist with the middle finger extended.
- flip off (informal, transitive) To make a rude or obscene gesture at someone.
- flip the bird (colloquial, idiom) To make a rude or obscene gesture (at somebody); particularly, to extend the middle finger.
- give the finger (usually, _, transitive) To make an obscene gesture (towards someone) by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards.
- middle finger An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult, made by sticking up the middle finger of a hand.
- point the finger at (transitive, idiomatic) To accuse or blame (someone).
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.