middle finger

noun

: the midmost of the five digits of the hand

Examples of middle finger in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The complaint details the three injured officers received graze wounds, one to their arms, another to a thumb and the last on a middle finger. David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 10 Sep. 2024 Less than two weeks after returning, Freeman took a bad-hop ground ball off his right hand and suffered a hairline fracture in his middle finger. Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 30 Aug. 2024 When the Dodgers took the field in the bottom of the third, Freeman (who is still playing with a fractured right middle finger), Betts (who played in all 18 of the team’s games since returning from a broken hand) and Hernández (who has played a team-high 133 games this year) stayed on the bench. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024 On the same freakin’ day, when your self image is already scheduled to get shaky, Venus tosses two middle fingers up at the ruler of luck and spurns the representative of organization. Jennifer Culp, Them, 15 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for middle finger 

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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of middle finger was before the 12th century

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“Middle finger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20finger. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

middle finger

noun
: the third finger of the hand if the thumb is counted as the first

Medical Definition

middle finger

noun
: the midmost of the five digits of the hand
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