Definition of two fingers in US English: two fingers
plural noun British
‘so you give them the appreciative look that their appearance is demanding, and what you get is two fingers’
another term for
V-sign (sense 2 of the noun)
figurative ‘I dearly wanted to give two fingers to it all’
More example sentences
‘Can it be true that he's now planning to go back to Majorca for New Year next year just to stick two fingers up to the press?’ ‘Quaid knew that if he gave two fingers to the fans they would only sing louder.’ ‘Wasn't punk meant to be about a feeling, two fingers at the music industry?’ ‘This isn't a newfound passion for politics, but a cheeky two fingers to everything.’ ‘Its irreverent features on art, music and travel stick two fingers up at its more staid counterparts.’ ‘As it has turned out, voting BNP has become a way of giving two fingers to the establishment.’ ‘It was the opportunity to stick two fingers up to nature that won the argument.’ ‘Punk was the perfect antidote to the 1977 jubilee, because it stuck two fingers up to the establishment.’ ‘It was all meant to be two fingers in the face of the image-obsessed, profit-mad record industry.’ ‘Have I blown the whistle on a cunning little ploy to stick two fingers up to The Man?’ ‘He is sticking two fingers up at authority, proclaiming his freedom with an act of aerosol defiance.’ ‘People used to say that we put two fingers up to the idea of traditional theatre and I loved that.’ ‘The boys are right scallies, sticking two fingers up to authority and getting into every scam going.’ ‘Many of those at home felt he had given them two fingers and promptly raised theirs in return.’ ‘Some applicants are putting two fingers up to the council and we can't let them get away with it.’ ‘It was a major two fingers up to everyone living here that wasn't born here.’ ‘Actually, it's the BBC that should have put two fingers up to the government.’ ‘And a week or two later he could meet the same horse and give him the two fingers.’ ‘If you say anything to them, the cyclist either ignores you or you get a mouthful of abuse or two fingers put up.’ ‘It would seem that any out-of-work or lowly paid driver can put two fingers up to authority with impunity.’