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fin·ger  (fnggr)

n.

1. One of the five digits of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.

2. The part of a glove designed to cover a finger.

3. Something, such as an oblong peninsula, that resembles one of the digits of the hand.

4. The length or width of a finger.

5. A degree of participation; a share: "seems almost sure to have a finger or two in crafting the final blueprint" (George B. Merry).

6. An obscene gesture of defiance or derision made by pointing or jabbing the middle finger upward. Often used with the.

v. fin·gered, fin·ger·ing, fin·gers

v.tr.

1. To touch with the fingers; handle. See Synonyms at touch.

2. Music

a. To mark (a score) with indications of which fingers are to play the notes.

b. To play (an instrument) by using the fingers in a particular order or way.

3. Slang

a. To inform on.

b. To designate, especially as an intended victim.

v.intr.

1. To handle something with the fingers.

2. Music To use the fingers in playing an instrument.

Idioms:

have/keep (one's) fingers crossed

To hope for a successful or advantageous outcome.

lay (one's)/a finger on

To locate; find: We haven't been able to lay a finger on those photos.

put (one's) finger on

To remember; recall: I know his name; I just can't put my finger on it.

twist/wrap around (one's) little finger

To dominate utterly and effortlessly.

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[Middle English, from Old English; see penk^we in Indo-European roots.]

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finger·er n.

finger·less adj.

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Fingers 

See Also: HAND(S)

1. Fingernails … long as stilettos —T. Coraghessan Boyle
2. Fingernails that were long and curved and looked as tough as horn —Sue Grafton
3. Fingers are thin as ice —Marge Piercy
4. Fingers brown and hard as wood —Philip Levine
5. Fingers cool as gemstones —R. Wright Campbell
6. Fingers danced like midgets above a summer stream —O. Henry
7. Fingers fluttering … like butterflies —William Goyen
8. Fingers fluttering like ribbons —Sharon Sheehe Stark
9. Fingers … gnarled, like the roots of trees in an Arthur Rackham drawing —Antonia Fraser
10. Fingers … hard and inactive, like the gnarled roots of a dead tree —Frank Swinnerton
11. Fingers … like a bundle of broom straw, so thin and dry —Louise Erdrich
12. Fingers like long wax candles —Cynthia Ozick
13. Fingers like pliers —Donald Seaman
14. (The woman’s) fingers rustled like branches against her face —Leigh Allison Wilson
15. Fingers spread apart like the talons of a predatory bird —William March
16. Fingers spreading out like fans —Pat Conroy
17. Fingers tap like a lover’s fondling a girl’s hard little breasts —Babette Deutsch
18. Fingers thick as sausages —James Crumley
19. Fingers tightly clenched, as if to check an involuntary gesture —Edith Wharton
20. Fingers … weighty as sandbags —Frank Conroy
21. Fingers were stiff as little darts —M. J. Farrell
22. Her fingers moved over his ribs gently as a harpist’s —Ross Macdonald

    See Also: SEXUAL INTERACTION

23. Knuckles … like a row of little white onions —Roald Dahl

    The white onion look is caused by a very hard hand grip.

24. (Hands crouched on the table before her, the) knuckles like miniature snow-capped mountains —Marge Piercy
25. Knuckles [from gripping a table very hard] shone like white stones —Mary Hedin
26. Long fingers arched like grapplehooks —William Carlos Williams
27. Long inquisitive fingers thrown out like antennae —Edith Wharton
28. Long thin fingers moving like knitting needles —Liam O’Flaherty
29. Long thin nails, like splinters —Elizabeth Spencer
30. My fingers fidget like ten idle brats —Wilfred Owens
31. Opening and closing his fingers like folding and unfolding a fan —George Garrett
32. Pointed his finger like a revolver —Charles Johnson
33. Put his fingertips together thoughtfully, like a man preparing to pray —Paul Theroux
34. Snapping his fingers together like a pair of scissors —Margaret Atwood
35. Thumb like the butt of a pistol —Sterling Hayden