fingers

fin-gers · noun/verb

imported

Definitions

noun/verb

  1. 1.

    The five jointed extensions at the end of each hand (or four excluding the thumb).

  2. 2.

    To touch or handle with the fingers.

  3. 3.

    Something resembling a finger in shape or function.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    cross one's fingers — to hope for luck
  • •
    point the finger at — to accuse or blame someone
  • •
    have sticky fingers — to be inclined to steal
  • •
    slip through one's fingers — to escape or be lost

Related words

See also: finger, hand, thumb
Synonyms: digits

Etymology

Plural of finger, from Old English finger, from Proto-Germanic fingraz. Related to German Finger, Dutch vinger, and Old Norse fingr.