finger

Plural: fingers

Noun

• any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)
  • "her fingers were long and thin"
• the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
• one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
• A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
• Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly
• Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
• The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
• Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
• One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
• Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
• One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
• Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly
• Something similar in shape to the human finger
• Finger-shaped pieces of food.
• Something similar in shape to the human finger
• A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
• Something similar in shape to the human finger
• Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).
• Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly
• Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
• Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
• Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
• A lobe of the liver.
• Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
• The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
• Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
• The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
• Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
• Clipping of finger pier (“a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock”).
• Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
• Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
• Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
• A leaf in a finger tree data structure.
• Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
• Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
• Synonym of hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
• Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
• A policeman or prison guard.
• Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
• An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
• Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
• A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
• Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
• That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.
• Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
• Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot (about 1.9 cm).
• Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
• A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).
• Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
• Synonym of digit: ¹⁄₁₂ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
• Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
• An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
• A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
• Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
• Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
• A person.
• An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
• Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
• An act of fingering (inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure).

Verb

Verb Forms: fingered, fingering, fingers

• To touch or handle something with the fingers.
• feel or handle with the fingers
  • "finger the binding of the book"
• examine by touch
  • "The customer fingered the sweater"
• search for on the computer
  • "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
• indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
• To identify or point out; to blame for something.
• To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on.
• To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
• To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus.
• To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
• To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
• To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
• To steal; to purloin.
• To execute, as any delicate work.

Examples

• chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers
• Gimme three fingers of bourbon.
• Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers.
• The finger of suspicion pointed clearly at the hotel manager.
• The player began to finger the tiles, searching for the perfect seven-letter word.

Synonyms

digit, feel, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth, thumb, bewray, bloke, blow the whistle, boy, claw, clepe, denounce, dime, dob, drop a dime, drop a dime on someone, finger, fingerbang, fingerfuck, fingering technique, fink, fizgig, foxglove, grass on, grass up, guv, hand, inform, inform on, informant, jet bridge, lad, lolly up, lupper, name names, nark, peach, put the finger on, rat on, rat out, roll on, sing, snitch, snitch up, squeak, squeal, squeal on, talon, tattle, tattle on, tell, tell all, tell on, tell tales, tendril, tip off, toe, touch, turn in

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