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[ fing-gerd ] / ˈfɪŋ gərd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR fingered ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving fingers, especially of a specified kind or number (often used in combination): a five-fingered glove. spoiled or marred by handling, as merchandise. Zoology, Botany. digitate. (of a musical score) marked to show which fingers should be used in playing the notes. Origin of fingeredFirst recorded in 1520–30; finger + -ed3 Words nearby fingeredfinger, fingerboard, finger bowl, fingerbreadth, finger buffet, fingered, fingerflower, finger food, finger-fuck, finger gate, finger grass Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fingeredHis body was found after the Tsarnaev brothers were fingered as suspects in the bombings. Web Sleuths Get It Wrong Again in Ferguson|Tim Mak|August 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST When they identified another man as a possible accomplice, she fingered Dekhar, who was arrested later than same October. The Mad Shooter of Paris Is a ‘Natural Born Killer’|Christopher Dickey|November 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST Fingered by Prugo as the ringleader, Lee went to high school with Prugo at Indian Hills where she was voted “Best Dressed.” The Real Bling Ring: Where Are They Now?|Tricia Romano|May 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST But the governor also fingered videogames as a possible focus of his coming violence-control plan. In Town-Hall Meeting, Christie Counters Obama on Guns|Andrew Romano|January 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The former VP is fingered in a massive cash-for-contract scandal in the African country's oil-rich Niger Delta. Nigeria's Hunt for Dick Cheney|Pratap Chatterjee|December 4, 2010|DAILY BEAST Jake smiled quaintly as he fingered the coin with deliberation. Tales of Northumbria|Howard Pease Mavis fingered them delicately as if they were priceless treasures. A Fortunate Term|Angela Brazil He spat a mouthful of tobacco juice into the dust and fingered the torn brim of his hat. The Voice of the People|Ellen Glasgow The braided one fingered indecisively the broad brim of a gray sombrero. She fingered the papers on the dressing-table with her left hand while drying her tears with the right. Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for fingered
adjectivemarked or dirtied by handling - having a finger or fingers
- (in combination)nine-fingered; red-fingered
(of a musical part) having numerals indicating the necessary fingering Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fingeredhandle, paw, feel, maul, palpate, fiddle, grope, meddle, manipulate, thumb, appoint, locate, tap, name, nominate, make, indicate, identify, determine, specify |