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finger


Definition: Meaning of, finger in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈfɪŋɡə /

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finger fingers
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  1. part of your hand one of the four long thin parts on your hand, not including your thumb
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  2. cross your fingers to hope that something will happen the way you want
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  3. cross your fingers to secretly put one finger over another finger, because you are telling a lie - done especially by children
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  4. not lift/raise a finger to not make any effort to help someone with their work
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  5. put your finger on something to know or be able to explain exactly what is wrong, different, or unusual about a situation
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  6. not lay a finger on somebody to not hurt someone at all, especially not to hit them
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  7. have/keep your finger on the pulse (of something) to always know about the most recent changes or developments in a particular situation or activity
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  8. have a finger in every pie/ in many pies to be involved in many activities and to have influence over a lot of people, used especially when you think someone has too much influence
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  9. twist/wrap/wind somebody around your little finger to be able to persuade someone to do anything that you want
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  10. the finger of blame/suspicion
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  11. of a glove the part of a GLOVE that covers your finger
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  12. shaped like a finger anything that is long and thin, like the shape of a finger, especially a piece of land, an area of water, or a piece of food
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  13. pull/get your finger out British English informal used to tell someone to work harder
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  14. put two fingers up at somebody British English informal to show someone you are angry with them in a very offensive way by holding up your first two fingers with the back of your hand facing them
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  15. give somebody the finger American English informal to show someone you are angry with them in a very offensive way by holding up your middle finger with the back of your hand facing them
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  16. be all fingers and thumbs British English to use your hands in an awkward or careless way, so that you drop or break things
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  17. long-fingered/slim-fingered etc having long fingers, slim fingers etc
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  18. drink an amount of an alcoholic drink that is as high in the glass as the width of someone's finger
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Prsesent Past Past Participle
finger fingered fingered
Present Participle Third Person Singular
fingering fingers
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  1. to touch or handle something with your fingers
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  2. informal if someone, especially a criminal, fingers another criminal, they tell the police what they have done
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finger used in phrases

  • Finger Lakes (noun)
    1. a geographical area in central New York State that is named for a series of narrow glacial lakes that lie parallel in a north-south direction
  • finger alphabet (noun)
    1. an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions
  • finger bowl (noun)
    1. a small bowl in which you wash your fingers during a meal
  • finger cymbals (noun)
    1. as by Spanish dancers usually held between the thumb and fingers a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone that are made to click together in rhythm with the dance
  • finger food (noun)
    1. food to be eaten with the fingers
  • finger grass (noun)
    1. grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
    2. any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils
  • finger hole (noun)
    1. one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it
    2. a hole for inserting a finger
  • finger millet (noun)
    1. east Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
  • finger plate (noun)
    1. on a door or wall etc a flat protective covering to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
  • finger scan (noun)
    1. biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
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