English Explanatory Dictionary

V sign

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sign of victory or peace made by raising the index and middle fingers with the palm outwards.
  2. A gesture of contempt or insult made by raising the index and middle fingers with the palm inwards; apocryphally originated by English bowmen at Agincourt (in actuality attested only from 1901).

Word forms

V sign V signs V-sign

Synonyms

peace sign Harvey Smith sign Harvey Smith salute
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on V Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary