one-finger salute

one-finger salute
The obscene gesture made by holding only the middle finger of a hand erect while the rest of the fingers are in a fist.

The troops gave them back the old one-finger salute of the clenched fist jabbing the stiff middle finger into the air.

See Also: give the finger

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