1. In Britain, a casual term for a young woman or a girl. In America, a woman, a girl, sometimes a male homosexual, more rarely any unknown person. See also: chick.
2. The bird : The middle finger raised alone on a closed fist in an angry and obscene gesture meaning: fuck you, up yours, take it in the ass. - That guy gave me the bird. - Well, flip him back. Synonyms: big bird; the finger; the middle finger salute; the toby finger (salute); the toby salute. See also: digitus infamis.
Quote: Babbit (Ted Pierce) and Catstello (Mel Blanc) in A Tweety Tale of Two Kitties (1942): -- Babbit: ' Give me the bird! ' -- Catstello: ' If the Hays Office would only let me, I'd give him the bird all right! ' (The Hayes Office was, at one time, the censorship office of the movie industry.)