1. noun /ˈfɪŋɡə,fɪŋɡɝ/
Human hands have 5 fingers: the thumb, the forefinger (or index finger), the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger.
b) A piece of food resembling such an extremity.
We have five senses and five fingers and five toes. The starfish eats with five fingers.
2. verb /ˈfɪŋɡə,fɪŋɡɝ/
a) 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.
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.
b) To poke or probe with a finger.
She fingered him, spreading the gel and sliding the tip of her finger inside him.
See Also: artiodactyl, dactyl, dactylography, dactylology, fingle, macrodactyly, perissodactyl, prestidigitation, pterodactyl, terradactyl
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