fingernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈfɪŋ.ɡər/us/ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚ/A2 any of the long, thin, separate parts of the hand, especially those that are not thumbs:
He noticed her long delicate fingers.
I cut my finger chopping onions last night.
See also
forefinger
index finger
little finger
ring finger
a part of a glove (= hand covering) that covers a finger
More examples
- A large diamond glinted on her finger.
- The baby gripped my finger with her tiny hand.
- A thorn stuck in her finger.
- He licked the chocolate off his fingers.
- I could hear him tapping his fingers on the desk.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
The hand
- -fingered
- ball
- carpal
- carpometacarpal
- carpus
- digitorum
- fingerprint
- flat
- knuckle
- middle finger
- palm
- paw
- pollicis
- right-handed
- ring finger
- thenar
- triquetrum
- two-handed
- volar
- volaris
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Gloves & accessories
Idiom(s)
be all fingers and thumbs
cross your fingers
give sb the finger
have a finger in every pie
have a finger in the pie
have your fingers in the till
have your finger on the trigger
not lift/raise a finger
point the finger at sb
pull/get your finger out
put your finger on sth
fingerverb [ T ]
uk/ˈfɪŋ.ɡər/us/ˈfɪŋ.ɡɚ/finger verb [ T ] (TOUCH)
to touch or feel something with your fingers:
She fingered her necklace absent-mindedly as she talked.
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Touching & feeling
- brush
- feel
- feel your way idiom
- fiddle
- fiddle (around) with sth
- hand
- hand to hand idiom
- handle
- haptic
- kinaesthesia
- lick
- nudge
- pat
- paw
- play
- play with sth
- tactile
- tap
- toy
- toy with sth
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finger verb [ T ] (TELL THE POLICE)
informal If you finger someone, you tell the police that they are guilty of a crime.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Revealing secrets & becoming known
- (the) word is/gets out idiom
- bare
- be the talk of the town idiom
- break cover idiom
- cat
- dob sb in
- emerge
- fink
- get around (somewhere)
- give sth away
- King's evidence
- leak
- let the cat out of the bag idiom
- open your heart to someone idiom
- sneak
- spill the beans idiom
- tell on sb
- tongues wagging idiom
- turn
- unmask
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