forefinger
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of forefinger
First recorded in 1400–50, forefinger is from the late Middle English word forefyngure. See fore-, finger
Vocabulary lists containing forefinger
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Young male gamers had taken issue with a single frame in the trailer, in which the female character could be seen holding her thumb and forefinger close together.
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2025
They’re lightweight, attach to your forefinger and fit comfortably in your palm, so you can carry other items and nearly forget they’re there until you need them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2024
The procedure, called umbilical cord milking, involves gently squeezing the cord between the thumb and forefinger and pushing the blood into the newborn's abdomen.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 9, 2023
I don't know how to put this other than to form a rhetorical circle with my thumb and forefinger signaling a big fat goose egg.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2023
He held the stem between his thumb and forefinger and let it drop.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
To emphasize the designer’s practicality-meets-design approach, Rogen gestured to another Bosse creation, this one a hand-shaped brass ashtray with forefingers poised mid-pinch.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2024
Press the butter pieces between your thumbs and forefingers into small, flat pieces.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 25, 2022
When she landed firm and kept her footing on her final jump, she pointed one, then both forefingers to the sky.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2022
And then, perhaps, he puts his thumbs and forefingers together to form a square so that he can look at her through the square.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 10, 2018
Belet put a fist on either side of her head, her forefingers up to look like horns.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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