finger

fin-ger · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand (or five, if including the thumb).

  2. 2.

    A part of a glove covering a finger.

  3. 3.

    A thing resembling a finger in shape.

  4. 4.

    A measure of liquor in a glass.

  5. 5.

    To touch or handle with the fingers.

  6. 6.

    (Informal) To identify someone to the police.

Forms

plural: fingers

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    point the finger at — To accuse or blame.
  • •
    keep one's fingers crossed — To hope for good luck.
  • •
    have a finger in every pie — To be involved in many activities.
  • •
    slip through one's fingers — To escape or be lost.
  • •
    not lift a finger — To make no effort to help.
  • •
    finger food — Food eaten with the hands.
  • •
    butterfingers — Someone who drops things.

Related words

See also: digit, hand, thumb, touch
Synonyms: digit

Etymology

From Old English finger, from Proto-Germanic fingraz.