flip off

verb

flipped off; flipping off; flips off

transitive verb

: to hold up the middle finger as an obscene gesture of contempt to
flipped off the other driver

Examples of flip off in a Sentence

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The lights flip off, and the most prominent quarterback in the world turns his attention to a big screen. Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025 When this law takes effect, on Dec. 10, 2025, there's not going to be some switch that's flipped off. Bobby Allyn, NPR, 19 Dec. 2024 Slopestyle felt like the natural progression for skiing the mountain with my friends and and doing flips off little jumps and stuff and practicing on the rails. Matthew Futterman, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025 Video footage shows Mijares and other rioters smashed one of the glass panes of a door, and Mijares flipped off the officers before pulling open the door for the other rioters, records said. Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for flip off 

Word History

First Known Use

1982, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of flip off was in 1982

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“Flip off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flip%20off. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.

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