Definition of finger in English English dictionary
- One of the long extremities of the hand. Sometimes excludes the thumb
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.
- To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages
- To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument
- To poke or probe with a finger
Feeling tender around the face, she fingered herself gingerly. Yes, it was swollen, very sore around the cheekbones, with dried blood on the outsides of her eye sockets, below her nostrils, and below one ear.
- To identify or point out. Ex.: put the finger on To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in, to finger
- A walkway extending from a dock, an airport terminal, etc, used by passengers to board a waiting ship or aeroplane
- To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus
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.
- A piece of food resembling such an extremity
chocolate fingers.
- {n} a part of the hand, hand, measure, art
- {v} to handle, touch, pilfer, steal, thieve
- A program that displays information about someone on the Internet When you are logged in, type finger followed by the e-mail address of the person you want to know more about and it can tell you whether or not a person is logged on, what their actual name is, and when they last logged on Not all Internet Service Providers support this feature Even for the ones that do, the user has to give filepermission to allow people from other hosts to see this information A Unix program that helps you find out information about someone else on the Internet
- disapproval If you tell someone to pull their finger out or to get their finger out, you are telling them rudely that you want them to start doing some work or making an effort. Isn't it about time that you pulled your finger out?
- A protocol with which you can get information about a user on the Internet It is generally only available for UNIX systems, although there are also clients for Macintosh and Windows
- An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites Many sites do not allow incoming Finger requests, but many do
- If you cross your fingers, you put one finger on top of another and hope for good luck. If you say that someone is keeping their fingers crossed, you mean they are hoping for good luck. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they turn up soon
- To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with
- To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument, (b) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages
- examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"
- {i} digit, extension of the hand; action performed on a person in order to obtain his email address (Internet)
- One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp
- A software tool for locating people on other Internet sites Finger is also sometimes used to give access to non-personal information
- An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites Finger is also used to give access to non-personal information, but the most common use is to see if a person has an account at a particular Internet site Many sites do not allow incoming Finger requests, but many do
- To touch lightly; to toy with
- An Internet utility that enables a user to obtain information on other users who may be at other sites (if those sites permit access by finger) Given an e-mail address, finger returns the user's full name, an indication of whether or not the user is currently logged on, and any information other users have chosen to supply as a profile Given a first or last name, finger returns the logon names of users whose first names match It can also show the last time the user logged on, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable), and even project files left by the user
- To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing
- An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites It provides information about someone connected to a host computer (e g , e-mail address) Many sites do not allow incoming Finger requests
- An Internet software tool for finding people on other sites
- To execute, as any delicate work
- An internet program that displays information about the users currently logged on to a computer
- the part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
- [WAITS, via BSD UNIX] 1 n A program that displays a particular user or all users logged on the system or a remote system Typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable) May also display a {plan file} left by the user 2 vt To apply finger to a username 3 vt By extension, to check a human's current state by any means "Foodp?" "T!" "OK, finger Lisa and see if she's idle " 4 Any picture (composed of ASCII characters) depicting `the finger' Originally a humorous component of one's plan file to deter the curious fingerer (sense 2), it has entered the arsenal of some {flamer}s
- Your fingers are the four long thin parts at the end of each hand. She suddenly held up a small, bony finger and pointed across the room She ran her fingers through her hair There was a ring on each of his fingers. see also light-fingered
- If you finger something, you touch or feel it with your fingers. He fingered the few coins in his pocket Self-consciously she fingered the emeralds at her throat
- The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard
- the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
- A finger of something such as smoke or land is an amount of it that is shaped rather like a finger. a thin finger of land that separates Pakistan from the former Soviet Union Cover the base with a single layer of sponge fingers. see also fish finger = strip
- An Internet tool used to locate people on other Internet sites
- {f} touch with the fingers; point out, identify (i.e. a criminal); handle with the intention of stealing; play a musical instrument with the fingers
- To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin
- An internet software tool for locating people on other internet sites Finger is also sometimes used to give access to non-personal information, but the most common use is to see if a person has an account at a particular internet site
- one of the four extremities of the hand, other than the thumb
- If you point the finger at someone or point an accusing finger at someone, you blame them or accuse them of doing wrong. He said he wasn't pointing an accusing finger at anyone in the government or the army
- emphasis If you say that someone did not lay a finger on a particular person or thing, you are emphasizing that they did not touch or harm them at all. I must make it clear I never laid a finger on her
- Anything that does the work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially Mech
- If you put your finger on something, for example a reason or problem, you see and identify exactly what it is. He could never quite put his finger on who or what was responsible for all this
- any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
- a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion
- to have green fingers: see green finger on the pulse: see pulse
- An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites The finger command on Unix will return user information such as login name, full name, last time the user received mail etc Finger is also sometimes used to give access to non-personal information, but many sites do not allow incoming Finger requests
- An program for "locating" people on computers - either one's own or another finger is also sometimes used to give access to non-personal information, but the most common use is to see if a person has an account at a particular Internet site and/or whether they are presently logged in Some sites do not allow outside finger requests, but many do
- An Internet function that enables one user to query (finger) the location of another Internet user Finger can be applied to any computer on the Internet, if set up properly For example, the most famous finger site of all was a Coke machine at Carnegie-Mellon that students wired to the Internet so they could finger it and track such important information as how many bottles of which beverage remained and how long the bottom bottle in each stack had been in the machine so they wouldn't walk all the way to the machine and find it empty or purchase a warm soda You won't use this, but it was fun while it lasted Most sites on which you could use Finger are shutting it down because it helps hackers crack a system
- search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
- Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument
- A software tool for locating people on other Internet sites Finger is also sometimes used to give access to non-personal information, but the most common use is to see if a person has an account at a particular Internet site
- the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book"
- An Internet software tool for locating people on other Internet sites Finger is also sometimes used to give access to non-personal information, but the most common use is to see if a person has an account at a particular Internet site Many sites do not allow incoming Finger requests, but many do
- the part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers
- indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
- The fingers of a glove are the parts that a person's fingers fit into
- To use the fingers in playing on an instrument
- An Internet tool for locating people on other sites Finger can also be used to give access to non-personal information, but the most common use is to see if a person has an account at a particular site The most famous finger site was a Coke machine at Carnegie-Mellon University that students had wired to the Internet They could then finger the machine and find out how many bottles remained and how long they had been in the machine so they wouldn't walk all the way there and find an empty machine or warm soda
- feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book"
- disapproval If you say that a person does not lift a finger or raise a finger to do something, especially to help someone, you are critical of them because they do nothing. She never lifted a finger around the house They will not lift a finger to help their country
- If someone or something slips through your fingers, you just fail to catch them, get them, or keep them. Money has slipped through his fingers all his life You mustn't allow a golden opportunity to slip through your fingers or you will regret it later
- To poke, probe, or fondle with a finger
- search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons
- A Unix utility program found on many Internet systems and online services that displays information about a specific user, including full name, login time, and location Finger may also display the contents of the user's plan or project file
- One of the long extremities of the hand
- If you get your fingers burned or burn your fingers, you suffer because something you did or were involved in was a failure or a mistake. He has had his fingers burnt by deals that turned out badly Mr Walesa burned his fingers by promising he would give every Pole 100m zlotys to start a business
- To perform on an instrument of music
- finger bowl
- A small bowl of warm water placed at each seat at a fancy dinner for the guests to rinse their fingers with between courses
- finger bowls
- plural form of finger bowl
- finger buffet
- A buffet where finger food is served
- finger buffets
- plural form of finger buffet
- finger food
- Food that can be eaten with one's hands, as opposed to requiring utensils; often appetizers and snacks
He didn't serve a full lunch or dinner at the party, but there was plenty of finger food to munch.
- finger fuck
- The act of using or inserting one's fingers into another person's genitalia, anus, or other part of the body to stimulate them sexually
- finger millet
- A plant, Eleusine coracana, grown as a cereal in parts of Africa and Asia
- finger on the pulse
- An active interest in the latest developments (of some topic)
Despite retiring, he still tries to keep a finger on the pulse of the industry.
- finger pad
- The fleshy underside of the end of the finger
- finger paint
- To paint using fingerpaint
- finger painted
- Simple past tense and past participle of finger paint
- finger painting
- A painting made using this technique
- finger painting
- The technique of painting using the fingers instead of a brush
- finger painting
- Present participle of finger paint
- finger paintings
- plural form of finger painting
- finger paints
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of finger paint
- finger ring
- A ring (often ornamental and/or precious) designed to be worn on a finger
Signets and seal rings are functional, emblematic finger rings.
- finger spin
- A style of bowling in which the bowler imparts spin to the ball by running his fingers down its side as he releases it; off spin for a right handed bowler and left arm orthodox spin for a left handed one
- finger spinner
- A bowler who specializes in finger spin
- finger spinners
- plural form of finger spinner
- finger tight
- tightened using the fingers, and no tools, to a torque of about 1.7 to 2.3 Nm
- finger work
- The movement or play of the fingers in executing something, especially in playing a musical instrument
- finger-fumbler
- The sign language equivalent of a tongue-twister; a phrase that is very difficult to sign correctly
- finger-lickin' good
- Extremely good, usually in reference to food, but can refer to anything lickable or anything that can be said to be delicious
- finger-paint
- Alternative spelling of finger paint
- finger-pointing
- The making of accusations, the assigning of blame
- finger-tight
- As tightly screwed as can be made by the strength of one's fingers, without the use of any tools: that is, without any special equipment
- finger quotes
- Air quotes (also called finger quotes or bunny quotes) refers to using one's fingers to make virtual quotation marks in the air when speaking. This is typically done with both hands held shoulder-width apart and at the eye level of the speaker, with the index and middle fingers on each hand forming a V sign and then flexing at the beginning and end of the phrase being "quoted."
- Finger Lakes
- Group of narrow, glacial lakes, western New York state, U.S. They lie in north-to-south valleys between Syracuse and Geneseo. The region, which embraces more than 20 state parks, is noted for its scenery, has many resorts, and produces fruits (especially grapes) and vegetables. Seneca Lake, the largest in the group, is 67 sq mi (174 sq km)
- finger bowl
- small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table
- finger bowl
- A small bowl that holds water for rinsing the fingers at the table. a small bowl in which you wash your fingers during a meal
- finger food
- food to be eaten with the fingers
- finger grass
- any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils
- finger hole
- {i} hole for inserting a finger (as in a bowling ball or telephone dial); hole in a woodwind instrument that a player covers with the fingers to change the pitch of the tone
- finger hole
- a hole for inserting a finger one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it
- finger mark
- {i} dirty mark or smudge left by a dirty finger on a clean area
- finger millet
- An annual plant (Eleusine coracana) in the grass family, native to the Old World tropics and an important cereal in India and Africa. Also called ragi
- finger millet
- East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
- finger of God
- miracle, act of God, divine act
- finger paint
- paint that has the consistency of jelly
- finger paint
- {i} soft paint designed that is applied with one's bare hands (most often used by children)
- finger pick
- A pointed, slightly curved plectrum worn on the fingertip, used in playing a stringed instrument such as the guitar or banjo
- finger plate
- a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
- finger post
- A guidepost in the shape of a pointing hand
- finger reading
- read by braille (system of writing for blind people)
- finger scan
- biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
- finger scanning
- finger scan: biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
- finger spelling
- an alphabet of manual signs
- finger wave
- a wave made with the fingers
- finger wave
- hair wave shaped with the fingers on damp hair
- finger wave
- A wave set into dampened hair using only the fingers and a comb
- finger-paint
- apply colors with one's fingers
- finger-painting
- painting by using the fingers to spread the paint a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers
- finger-paints
- special paints that children use to paint with, using their fingers painting
- finger-pointing
- when people blame other people for something that has gone wrong, instead of trying to solve the problem
- finger-pointing
- the imputation of blame; "they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop"
- finger-pointing
- the imputation of blame; "they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop
- finger-roll
- a basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket
- fish finger
- A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling
- fish-finger
- Attributive form of fish finger
fish-finger taste.
- five finger discount
- Alternative spelling of five-finger discount
- five finger exercise
- Alternative spelling of five-finger exercise
- five-finger discount
- Theft or pilferage, typically of a small item; shoplifting
- five-finger discounts
- plural form of five-finger discount
- five-finger exercise
- An activity which is undertaken for the purpose of skill development
Batman Begins, the 2005 film that launched Nolan's series, was a mere five-finger exercise. This is the full symphony.
- five-finger exercise
- A musical composition for the piano, designed to require the use of all the fingers of the hand for the purpose of skill development
It was the singular room which Carlyle had constructed in the hopes that he could shut out all the noises of the universe, the crowing of cocks, and the jingling of a young lady's five-finger exercise in particular.
- five-finger exercises
- plural form of five-finger exercise
- first finger
- index finger, first digit
- fish finger
- a long fillet of fish breaded and fried
- fish finger
- Fish fingers are small long pieces of fish covered in breadcrumbs. They are usually sold in frozen form. a long piece of fish covered with breadcrumbs or batter and cooked American Equivalent: fish stick
- fish finger
- (Britain and Australia) fish stick, thin breaded long piece of fish
- five-finger
- any of a numerous plants grown for their 5-petal flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
- board finger
- A part used in printed circuit boards to form the traces of the edge connector which plug into matching sockets
- cold finger
- A piece of laboratory equipment used for creating a cold spot on a surface
- ear finger
- the little finger
- fat finger
- A supposed cause of typographical errors
- fat-finger
- To make errors in typing on a keyboard or keypad by accidentally striking more than one key simultaneously with one finger
- fingering
- The act of using the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus
- fingering
- The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument
She has a very good notion of fingering, though her taste is not equal to Anne's.
- fingering
- A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument
That chord has two fingerings.
- fingering
- Present participle of finger
They have done a foolish thing, said I, fingering my wineglass.
- fourth finger
- The ring finger (of either hand)
- fuck finger
- The middle finger
- fucked by the fickle finger of fate
- victimised by bad luck
- gave the finger
- Simple past of give the finger
- get one's finger out
- To free one's finger
- get one's finger out
- To proceed with the matter in hand
- give the finger
- To make an obscene gesture by closing the fist and extending the middle finger upwards
- given the finger
- Past participle of give the finger
- gives the finger
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of give the finger
- giving the finger
- Present participle of give the finger
- gold-finger
- the third finger
- itchy trigger finger
- a tendency to act in haste or without consideration
Given any remote chance to gun down an effective spokesman for conservative economics as a secret fascist and torturer, even Nobel laureates can, we see, succumb to an itchy trigger finger.
- lay a finger on
- To merely touch
- lay a finger on
- If you lay a finger on my little brother, I'll have your guts for garters
- leech-finger
- finger next to little finger
- lift a finger
- To make minimal effort; to help as little as possible
We do all the work, and they never lift a finger to help.
- little finger
- the outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb
- little-finger
- Attributive form of little finger, noun
- long finger
- middle finger
- long finger
- hire purchase or credit
Jim tries to look flash but he buys everything on the long finger.
- long finger
- A state of postponement or procrastination
- marriage finger
- the finger on which a wedding ring is placed; the ring finger
- medical finger
- the third finger
- medicinable finger
- the third finger
- medicinal finger
- the third finger
- mercurial finger
- the little finger
- mid-finger
- Alternative form of middle finger
- middle finger
- An obscene gesture directed towards another as an insult
Her whole way of being is a big middle finger to the other guy.
- middle finger
- The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger; this is the longest finger
- middle-finger
- Attributive form of middle finger, noun
He's got middle-finger syndrome: he can't stop flipping the bird.
- nameless finger
- Alternative form of middle finger
- one finger salute
- To give a one-finger salute: to make an obscene gesture by holding only the middle finger of a hand erect while the rest of the fingers are in a fist
I've one finger saluted life before.
- one finger salute
- Alternative spelling of one-finger salute
- one-finger salute
- The obscene gesture made by holding only the middle finger of a hand erect while the rest of the fingers are in a fist
Painted on one: destroy this memory. ¶ On another, a homeowner has painted a one-finger salute to Allstate.
- one-finger salutes
- plural form of one-finger salute
- physic finger
- the ring finger
- physical finger
- the ring finger
- physician finger
- the third finger
- point the finger
- to accuse; to direct or imply blame
That is a serious accusation, so make sure you have plenty of evidence before you point the finger at someone.
- point the finger at
- to accuse or blame
It seems like everyone always tries to point the finger at somebody else.
- pointer finger
- index finger
- pull my finger
- A phrase used when playing a prank regarding flatulence, in which a mark is asked to pull the finger of the person playing the prank, who simultaneously flatulates so as to suggest a causal relationship between the pulling of the finger and the resulting expulsion of gas
Charlie: Well, Bob, just pull my finger..
- pull one's finger out
- To stop wasting time in preliminaries, and concentrate on the important task
You've been sitting there all week, it's time you sorted yourself out and pulled your finger out!.
- put one's finger on
- To identify, specify, name or pick out (usually negative)
There’s something wrong, but I can’t put my finger on it.
- ring finger
- Finger between middle finger and little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)
- ring-finger
- Alternative spelling of ring finger
- snap of a finger
- Very easily, with little effort
With her seductive ways, she could have him within the snap of a finger.
- split-finger fastball
- A moderate rotation speed backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped between the index finger and middle finger; it has good velocity, may have a precessing spin, and sinks as it approaches the plate
His strikeout pitch was his split-finger fastball.
- split-finger fastballs
- plural form of split-finger fastball
- the finger
- An obscene gesture, typically consisting of extending the middle finger at somebody
- third finger
- The ring finger
- third finger
- The middle finger
- three-finger salute
- Control-Alt-Delete, a keypress used to reset or interrupt the computer
THE THREE-FINGER SALUTE … to suddenly find that your keyboard is frozen or to watching the screen fill up with garbage. You may not even be aware of the two different types of crashes, the soft crash (recoverable by the three-finger salute, Ctrl-Alt-Del) or the hard crash (big red switch and count to 5 slowly).
- three-finger salutes
- plural form of three-finger salute
- trigger finger
- a finger used in pulling the trigger of a firearm
- trigger finger
- the forefinger
- trigger finger
- difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension caused by the narrowing of the sheath that surrounds that finger's tendon
- wait on hand, foot and finger
- Alternative form of wait on hand and foot
- wait on someone hand, foot and finger
- Alternative form of wait on hand and foot
- wait on someone hand, foot, and finger
- Alternative form of wait on hand and foot
- wedding finger
- The fourth finger of the left hand
- word of finger
- Interpersonal communication by digital media, especially using keyboard devices
- wrap around one's little finger
- To successfully control or exert influence over, especially for a sustained period of time
He has all of them wrapped around his little finger. They'd do anything for him.
- zinc finger
- A structure, in some proteins, that binds to specific sequences of DNA and regulates genes
- get your finger out
- start working hard
- pull your finger out
- start working hard
- lady finger
- Ladyfinger grape
- lady finger
- Mammillaria elongata - a species of cactus in the genus Mammillaria
- lady's finger
- Mammillaria elongata - a species of cactus in the genus Mammillaria