Definitions for finger
ˈfɪŋ gərfin·ger

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fingernoun

   any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb)

   "her fingers were long and thin"

2. finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digitnoun

   the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure

3. fingerverb

   one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb

4. finger, thumbverb

   feel or handle with the fingers

   "finger the binding of the book"

5. feel, fingerverb

   examine by touch

   "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"

6. fingerverb

   search for on the computer

   "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"

7. fingerverb

   indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. fingernoun

   One of the long extremities of the hand, sometimes excluding the thumb.

   Human hands have 5 fingers: the thumb, the forefinger (or index finger), the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger.

2. fingernoun

   A piece of food resembling such an extremity.

   chocolate fingers

3. fingernoun

   (also finger pier) A walkway extending from a dock, an airport terminal, etc, used by passengers to board a waiting ship or aeroplane.

4. fingernoun

   An amount of liquid, usually alcohol, in a glass, with the depth of a finger's length.

   Hey buddy, is something bothering ya? Want me to pour you a finger?

5. fingerverb

   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.

6. fingerverb

   To poke or probe with a finger.

7. fingerverb

   To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus.

8. fingerverb

   To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.

9. fingerverb

   To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.

10. fingerverb

    To query (a user's status) using the .

11. Etymology: finger, from fingraz (compare West Frisian/German Finger, Dutch vinger), from pénkʷrós 'fifth' (compare Old Irish cóicer 'set of five people', Old Armenian հինգերորդ), from *pénkʷe 'five'. More at five.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. FINGERnoun

   Etymology: finger, Saxon, from fangen, to hold.

   1. The flexible member of the hand by which men catch and hold.

   The fingers and thumb in each hand consist of fifteen bones, there being three to each finger: they are a little convex and round towards the back of the hand, but hollow and plain towards the palm, except the last, where the nails are. The order of their dispositions is called first, second, and third phalanx: the first is longer than the second, and the second longer than the third. The upper extremity of the first bone on each finger has a little sinus, which receives the round head of the bones of the metacarpus. The upper extremity of the second and third bones of each finger hath two small sinuses, parted by a small protuberance; and the lower extremity of the first and second bones of each finger has two protuberances, divided by a small sinus: the two protuberances are received into the two sinuses of the upper extremity of the second and third bones; and the small sinus receives the little protuberance of the same end of the same bones. The first bone of the thumb is like the bones of the metacarpus, and it is joined to the wrist and second of the thumb, as they are to the wrist and first of the fingers. The second bone of the thumb is like the first bones of the fingers, and it is joined to the first and third, as they are to the bones of the metacarpus and second of the fingers. The fingers are moved sideways only upon their first joint. Besides these there are some small bones, called ossa sesamoidea, because they resemble sesamum grains: they are reckoned about twelve in each hand: they are placed at the joint of the fingers, under the tendons of the flexors, to which they serve as pullies. John Quincy.

   You seem to understand me,
   By each at once her choppy finger laying
   Upon her skinny lips. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   Diogenes, who is never said,
   For aught that ever I could read,
   To whine, put finger i’ th’ eye and sob,
   Because h’ had ne’er another tub. Hudibras.

   The hand is divided into four fingers bending forward, and one opposite to them bending backwards, and of greater strength than any of them singly, which we call the thumb, to join with them severally or united; whereby it is fitted to lay hold of objects of any size or quantity. John Ray, on the Creat.

   A hand of a vast extension, and a prodigious number of fingers playing upon all the organ pipes of the world, and making every one sound a particular note. John Keill, against Burnet.

   Poor Peg sewed, spun, and knit for a livelihood, ’till her finger ends were sore. John Arbuthnot, Hist. of John Bull.

   2. A small measure of extension.

   Go now, go trust the wind’s uncertain breath,
   Remov’d four fingers from approaching death;
   Or seven at most, when thickest is the board. John Dryden, Juv.

   One of these bows with a little arrow did pierce through a piece of steel three fingers thick. John Wilkins, Math. Mag.

   3. The hand; the instrument of work; manufacture; art.

   Fool, that forgets her stubborn look
   This softness from thy finger took. Edmund Waller.

2. To Fingerverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To touch lightly; to toy with.

   Go, get you gone, and let the papers lie;
   You would be fingering them to anger me. William Shakespeare.

   One that is covetous is not so highly pleased with the meer sight and fingering of money, as with the thoughts of his being considered as a wealthy man. Nehemiah Grew, Cosmol. Sac.

   2. To touch unseasonably or thievishly.

   His ambition would needs be fingering the scepter, and hoisting him into his father’s throne. Robert South, Sermons.

   3. To touch an instrument of musick.

   She hath broke the lute;
   I did but tell her she mistook her frets,
   And bow’d her hand to teach her fingering. William Shakespeare.

   4. To perform any work exquisitely with the fingers.

   Not any skill’d in loops of fingering fine,
   With this so curious net-work might compare. Edmund Spenser.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Finger

   A finger is a limb of the human body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates. Normally humans have five digits, the bones of which are termed phalanges, on each hand, although some people have more or fewer than five due to congenital disorders such as polydactyly or oligodactyly, or accidental or medical amputations. The first digit is the thumb, followed by index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger or pinkie. According to different definitions, the thumb can be called a finger, or not.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Fingernoun

   one of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb

2. Fingernoun

   anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion

3. Fingernoun

   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

4. Fingernoun

   skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument

5. Fingerverb

   to touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with

6. Fingerverb

   to touch lightly; to toy with

7. Fingerverb

   to perform on an instrument of music

8. Fingerverb

   to mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing

9. Fingerverb

   to take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin

10. Fingerverb

    to execute, as any delicate work

11. Fingerverb

    to use the fingers in playing on an instrument

12. Etymology: [AS. finger; akin to D. vinger, OS. & OHG. fingar, G. finger, Icel. fingr, Sw. & Dan. finger, Goth. figgrs; of unknown origin; perh. akin to E. fang.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Finger

   A finger is a limb of the human body and a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and sensation found in the hands of humans and other primates. Normally humans have five digits, the bones of which are termed phalanges, on each hand. The first digit is the thumb, followed by index finger, middle finger, ring finger, and little finger or pinky. Some other languages use the same generic term for all five digits of a hand.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Finger

   fing′gėr, n. one of the five terminal parts of the hand: a finger-breadth: skill in the use of the hand or fingers: execution in music.—v.t. to handle or perform with the fingers: to pilfer: to toy or meddle with.—v.i. to use lightly with the fingers, as a musical instrument.—ns. Fing′er-al′phabet, a deaf and dumb alphabet; Fing′er-board, the board, or part of a musical instrument, on which the keys for the fingers are placed; Fing′er-bowl, -glass, a bowl for holding the water used to cleanse the fingers after a meal; Fing′er-breadth, the breadth of a finger, the fourth part of a palm, forming 1⁄16 of a foot.—adj. Fing′ered, having fingers, or anything like fingers.—ns. Fing′er-grass, grass of genus Digitaria; Fing′er-hole, a hole in the side of the tube of a flute, &c., capable of being closed by the player's finger to modify the pitch of tone; Fing′ering, act or manner of touching with the fingers, esp. a musical instrument: a thick woollen yarn for stockings; Fing′erling, a very diminutive being: the parr; Fing′er-mark, a mark, esp. a soil made by the finger; Fing′er-plate, a thin plate of metal or porcelain laid along the edge of a door at the handle, to prevent soiling by the hand; Fing′er-post, a post with a finger pointing, for directing passengers to the road; Fing′er-stall, a covering of leather for protecting the finger.—Finger-and-toe (see Anbury).—A finger in the pie, a share in the doing of anything, often of vexatious meddling; Have at one's finger-ends, to be perfect master of a subject; Have one's fingers all thumbs, to have awkward fingers. [A.S. finger; Ger. finger.]

The New Hacker's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. finger

   [WAITS, via BSD Unix] 1. n. A program that displays information about 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 (see also Hacking X for Y). 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’, see See figure 1. Originally a humorous component of one's plan file to deter the curious fingerer (sense 2), it has entered the arsenal of some flamers.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. finger

   A type of limb on a human being and specific animals.

   Human beings have fingers and monkeys do too.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020  

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Entomology(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Finger

   of maxilla, is the digitus, q.v.

Matched Categories

1. • Digit
   • Extremity
   • Indicate
   • Linear Unit
   • Search
   • Touch

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'finger' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3237

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'finger' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2260

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'finger' in Nouns Frequency: #518

Anagrams for finger »

1. fringe

How to pronounce finger?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of finger in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of finger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of finger in a Sentence

1. Siddharth Astir:

   Everyone has a different finger print.... Not to distinguish onself , but to give us an equal opportunity to leave a mark on the world.

2. Kathleen Turner:

   Yes, yuck. He has this gross handshake, he goes to shake your hand and with his index finger kind of rubs the inside of your wrist. He’s trying to do some kind of seductive intimacy move. You pull your hand away and goyuck.

3. Jeb Bush:

   If someone has a cut on the finger, you know what to do.

4. Geng Shuang:

   Some politicians in the U.S. associated the coronavirus with China, and smeared China. China expresses its strong anger and opposition to that, we call on the U.S. to stop finger-pointing at China. The utmost priority is for the international community to cooperate on fighting the virus.

5. Kevin Brady:

   This crushing report shows Democrats' spending has pushed Bidenflation to achieve the highest prices in 40 years, killing family budgets and wiping out three years of wage gains, no one is buying Democrats' excuses : The American people are suffering as The American people watch this Administration refuse to lift a finger to help The American people out of this crisis.

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