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finger
[ fing-ger ]
/ ĖfÉŖÅ gÉr /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to touch or handle something with the fingers.
to extend in or as in the shape of a finger: Landing piers finger out into the river along the city's shoreline.
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Idioms about finger
Origin of finger
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Finger, Dutch vinger, Old Norse fingr, Gothic figgrs
OTHER WORDS FROM finger
finĀ·gerĀ·er, nounfinĀ·gerĀ·less, adjectivereĀ·finĀ·ger, verbWords nearby finger
fine-tune, finfish, finfoot, fin-footed, Fingal's Cave, finger, fingerboard, finger bowl, fingerbreadth, finger buffet, fingered
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British Dictionary definitions for finger
finger
/ (ĖfÉŖÅÉ”É) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of finger
fingerer, nounfingerless, adjectiveWord Origin for finger
Old English; related to Old Norse fingr, Gothic figgrs, Old High German fingar; see five, fist
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Medical definitions for finger
finger
[ fÄngā²gÉr ]
n.
One of the five digits of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with finger
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