one-finger salute

Noun

 * 1) The obscene gesture made by holding only the middle finger of a hand erect while the rest of the fingers are in a fist.
 * 2) * 1951, James Jones, From Here to Eternity, Scribner(1951), page 761; also Delta (1998), ISBN 978-0-385-33364-1, page 754:
 * The troops gave them back the old one-finger salute of the clenched fist jabbing the stiff middle finger into the air.
 * 1) * 1997, Gene Amole, "Put Water Bag On Front Bumper", in Rocky Mountain News, 24 June 1997, reprinted in Amole One More Time, Big Earth Publishing (1998), ISBN 978-1-55566-217-2, page 236:
 * They honk, point and whistle. You swear and give them the old one-finger salute.
 * They honk, point and whistle. You swear and give them the old one-finger salute.

Verb

 * 1)  To give a one-finger salute.
 * 2) * 2004 February 19, Brent Wiescamp, 'Re: Things That Make You Go "Hmmm"',, Usenet:
 * I've one finger saluted life before.