finger
see also: Finger
Pronunciation Noun
Finger
Proper noun
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see also: Finger
Pronunciation Noun
finger (plural fingers)
- (anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
- Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers.
- 1916, The Finger Talk of Chicago's Wheat-Pit, Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 89, p. 81:
- Each finger extended represents one-eighth of a cent. Thus when all four fingers and the thumb are extended, all being spread out from one another, it means five-eighths.
- (zoology) Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly:
- 1915, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, The How and Why Library, Life, Section VIII,
- The starfish eats with five fingers.
- 1915, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, The How and Why Library, Life, Section VIII,
- Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly:
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, p. 250:
- ...spires whose ‘silent finger points to Heaven’...
- (cuisine) Finger-shaped pieces of food.
- chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers
- 2014, Laurie David, The Family Cooks
- By now, we hope you have said “no” to processed nuggets and fingers. Instead, how about taking some real chicken, tossing it with real eggs, a little tangy mustard, and a crunchy quinoa coating?
- (chemistry) A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
- 1996, Susan Trumbore, Mass Spectrometry of Soils, p. 318:
- An oven is placed over the finger with Co catalyst (oven temperature will depend on whether a quartz or Pyrex finger is used, see Ref. 24), and a cold finger (usually a copper rod immersed in dry ice–isopropanol slurry) is placed on the other tube.
- 1996, Susan Trumbore, Mass Spectrometry of Soils, p. 318:
- (UK regional, botany, usually in plural, obsolete) Synonym of foxglove#English|foxglove (D. purpurea).
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, p. 250:
- Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly:
- a finger of land; a finger of smoke
- (botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
- (anatomy, obsolete) A lobe of the liver.
- (historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
- The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
- (nautical) Clipping of finger pier: a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.
- (aviation) Synonym of jet bridge#English|jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
- Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Exodus 8:19:
- The Magicians said vnto Pharaoh; This is the finger of God.
- (obsolete) Synonym of hand#English|hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
- (US, obsolete slang) A policeman or prison guard.
- (US, rare slang) An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
- (US, rare slang) A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
- (figurative) That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.
- The finger of suspicion pointed clearly at the hotel manager.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Exodus 8:19:
- (units of measure) Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
- (historical) Synonym of digit#English|digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of frac 1 foot (about 1.9 cm).
- a piece of steel three fingers thick
- (historical) A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).
- (historical) Synonym of digit#English|digit: frac 1 the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
- (originally US) 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.
- Gimme three fingers of bourbon.
- (historical) Synonym of digit#English|digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of frac 1 foot (about 1.9 cm).
- (fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
- (informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
- She has a good finger.
- (informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
- (UK slang) A person.
- (especially in the phrase 'give someone the finger') An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
- (anatomy) seeSynonyms en
- (zoology) toe (when on four legs); claw, talon (usually sharp)
- (finger-shaped objects) tendril (in plants)
- (airport walkway) See jet bridge
- (finger width) See digit
- (slang for police informer) seeSynonyms en
- (skill with the fingers) fingering technique; touch
- (British slang for person) bloke, lad, boy, guv
finger (fingers, present participle fingering; past and past participle fingered)
- (transitive) To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in.
- (transitive) To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
- (transitive) To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang
- 2008, Thomas Wainwright (editor), Erotic Tales, page 56:
- She smiled, a look of amazement on her face, as if thinking that maybe this was the cock that she had been fantasizing about just now, as she fingered herself to a massive, body-engulfing orgasm.
- 2008, Thomas Wainwright (editor), Erotic Tales, page 56:
- (transitive, music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
- (transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
- (transitive, computing) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
- 1996, "Yves Bellefeuille", List of useful freeware, comp.archives.msdos.d, Usenet:
- PGP mail welcome (finger me for my key).
- 1996, "Yves Bellefeuille", List of useful freeware, comp.archives.msdos.d, Usenet:
- (obsolete) To steal; to purloin.
- (transitive, obsolete) To execute, as any delicate work.
- (to identify or point out) inform, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out
- (sexual) fingerbang, fingerfuck
- French: doigter
- Spanish: dedear
- French: doigter
Finger
Proper noun
- Surname
- A city in Tennessee.
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