Meaning

2 senses
  1. (informal, transitive)To make a rude or obscene gesture at someone.

    Would you believe he flipped me off over that comment?

    He was so pissed he flipped off the policeman.

    den Stinkefinger zeigen

    показа́ть оскорби́тельный жестpokazátʹ oskorbítelʹnyj žest, показа́ть сре́дний па́лецpokazátʹ srédnij pálec

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flip, off.

Examples

8 sentences
  1. Tom flipped off the lights.

    deTom schaltete die Lichter aus.

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  2. Ziri flipped the light off again.

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  3. Yanni flipped off the lights and got out of there.

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  4. Tom got so angry that he flipped off the other driver.

    ruТом так разозлился, что показал другому водителю фак.

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  5. He flipped me off.

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Translations

5 languages
Русский
to make a rude or obscene gesture:
Deutsch
to make a rude or obscene gesture:

Forms

flips off, flipping off, flipped off, flipped off
Base formflip off · to flip off
3rd person singularflips off
Present participleflipping off
Past simpleflipped off
Past participleflipped off

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyflip off
he, she, itflips off

Past simpleLesson

all personsflipped off

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave flipped off
he, she, ithas flipped off

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill flip off

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Word family

1 related words
Relatedflick off

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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