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finger
  1. (anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (usually) exclusive of the thumb.
  2. (zoology) Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly:
    1. The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
    2. One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
    3. One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
  3. Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly:
    1. (cooking) Finger-shaped pieces of food.
    2. (botany) Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).
  4. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly:
    1. (botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
    2. (anatomy) A lobe of the liver.
    3. (historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
    4. The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
    5. (nautical) Clipping of finger pier: a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.
    6. (aviation) Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
  5. Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
    1. (obsolete) Synonym of hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
    2. (US, obsolete slang) A policeman or prison guard.
    3. (US, rare slang) An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
    4. (US, rare slang) A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
  6. (fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
  7. (informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
  8. (informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
  9. (Britain slang) A person.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “He used no gestures, except that occasionally he would extend his long right arm and point with his finger.”
      “A finger of land caused the river to make a sharp turn to the north before it entered Lake Michigan near the foot of Center Avenue.”
      “He speared a finger of meat, raised it to his mouth, and devoured it.”
fingerprick
  1. An act of pricking one's finger, generally for the purpose of drawing a tiny amount of blood.
  2. The wound created by such an act.
fingering
fingerbreadth
  1. A (usually approximate and informal) unit of measurement based upon the radial width of the human finger.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Participants: A convenience sample of 10 hemiplegic subjects with at least 1 fingerbreadth of glenohumeral subluxation.”
      “The penetration site of the adult leg model was the point two fingerbreadths inside and one fingerbreadth cranial from the tibial tuberosity.”
      “The penetration site of pediatric and infant leg models was the point one fingerbreadth inside and one fingerbreadth caudal from the tibial tuberosity.”
fingerpicking
  1. (music) The plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers
  2. Synonyms:
fingerguard
  1. Any device or mechanism designed to prevent the fingers becoming trapped or injured, as in a closing door or a machine.
fingerhole
  1. A hole in a musical instrument to be covered with a finger to modify the pitch.
fingerstick
  1. (medicine) The pricking of a finger in order to obtain a small sample of blood
  2. Examples:
    1. “The PTS Detect cotinine system is the only point-of-care device offering quantitative results from a fingerstick.”
      “The PTS Detect cotinine system offers the only quantitative tobacco-detection test from a simple fingerstick.”
      “Current standards for assessing glucose control include A1C tests and fingerstick measurements, yet both have limitations.”
fingernail
  1. The hard, flat translucent covering near the tip of a human finger, useful for scratching and fine manipulation.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Heather grinned at him and poked her perfectly manicured fingernail into his ribcage.”
      “In the metric mile, Stockbauer missed by a fingernail becoming the second woman, behind Janet Evans, ever to crack the 16-minute barrier.”
      “Keep things simple with beaded necklaces, fingernail polish, and message bracelets made with gel pens and rubber bands.”
fingerpick
  1. A type of plectrum that clips on to, or wraps around the end of the fingers and thumb.
fingercot
  1. A type of surgical glove that covers just one finger.
fingerstall
  1. A protective cover for a finger. A cot.
fingermark
  1. A blemish made by a dirty finger.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A few drops on a piece of paper will take off every spot or fingermark on the glass.”
      “As you did so, you noticed that one of them, the top one, had a dirty fingermark in the corner.”
      “I'd be scared to even touch a guitar that cost that much in case I left even a fingermark on it, let alone scratched it.”
fingerful
  1. An amount that can be or is held by a finger.
fingernailful
  1. (rare) Enough to be stored under one's fingernail.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Timing in the offered fingernailful of cocaine, well cut and loose dropped into the hollow between my collarbones.”
      “He hurried up the back stairs with the hot water, scooping up a fingernailful of frost off the window in the back hall where there wasn't any register.”
fingersbreadth
  1. Alternative form of fingerbreadth
fingersucking
  1. The act of sucking one's fingers.
fingerhold
  1. A grip with the fingers.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A thought-provoking reach from a sharp fingerhold on the roof's lip gains a strenuous and exposed upper wall.”
      “She scrambled frantically at the rock with her left, found a fingerhold and dangled precariously over a vertical drop.”
      “The extent to which beliefs can be modified by doubt gives me a bit of a fingerhold onto how beliefs can be chosen by dint of one's will.”
fingerbone
  1. A bone in the finger.
fingerlessness
  1. Absence of fingers.
fingerbreadths
fingerpickings
fingerguards
  1. plural of fingerguard
fingerpricks
  1. plural of fingerprick
fingersticks
  1. plural of fingerstick
fingerstalls
  1. plural of fingerstall
fingerholds
fingermarks
  1. plural of fingermark
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The sound reverberated around the room, and her fingermarks stood out in the red imposed on her brother's cheek.”
      “There were fingermarks on the pelican's neck where it was held very tightly while someone hit it with something heavy.”
      “Faulds became fascinated with the fingermarks he found preserved at an archaeological dig in Tokyo.”
fingerbones
  1. plural of fingerbone
fingerholes
  1. plural of fingerhole
fingernails
  1. plural of fingernail
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Mother wore the trousers in our family, and I can still see her before me in her elegant dresses or painting her fingernails.”
      “In addition, the cuticle of the fingernails often gets very ragged, overgrown, and irregular.”
      “He let his fingernails grow long, the better to pluck his new classical guitar.”
fingerpicks
  1. plural of fingerpick
fingercots
  1. plural of fingercot
fingerfuls
  1. plural of fingerful
fingerings
fingersful
  1. plural of fingerful
fingers
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