finger

I UK [ˈfɪŋɡə(r)] / US [ˈfɪŋɡər] noun [countable]
Word forms "finger":
singular finger plural fingers
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1)

a) your fingers are the long thin parts on the end of your hands

He had long bony fingers.

She ran her fingers over the smooth wood.

b) the part of a piece of clothing that covers one of your fingers

There was a hole in one of the fingers of her glove.

2) something that has a long thin shape, for example a piece of food or an area of land

Serve with fingers of toast.

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pull/get your finger out — British

spoken to start to make more effort

put/stick two fingers up at someone — British

informal to express anger at someone in a very rude way by holding up your first two fingers in the shape of a "V" with your palm facing you; British informal to do something rude as a way of showing you do not care what someone thinks

This is his way of sticking two fingers up at society.

snap/click your fingers — to make a sound by rubbing one of your fingers quickly against your thumb, usually in order to attract someone's attention

- be all fingers and thumbs

- give someone the finger

- have a finger in every pie

See:

burn I, cross I, lay I, point II, pulse I, slip I, work I

II UK [ˈfɪŋɡə(r)] / US [ˈfɪŋɡər] verb [transitive]
Word forms "finger":
present tense I/you/we/they finger he/she/it fingers present participle fingering past tense fingered past participle fingered

1) to touch or feel something with your fingers

He nervously fingered the knife.

2) informal to tell the police that someone has committed a crime