finger : Idioms & Phrases

• the little finger; so called because it can be readily introduced into the ear passage.

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But"ter-fin`gered adjective

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1. Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

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• noun the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria
  dead-man's-fingers; Xylaria polymorpha.
  

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• noun the fruiting bodies of the fungi of the genus Xylaria
  dead-man's-fingers; Xylaria polymorpha.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common British starfish (Asterias rubens); also applied to a sponge with stout branches. Prov. Eng., Irish & Scot.

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• the little finger.

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• a bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.

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• noun an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions
  manual alphabet.
  

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• . See Dactylology.

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• the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play.

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• (Mus.), the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual.

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• noun small bowl for rinsing the fingers at table
  

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• noun a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
  bones; clappers; castanets.
  

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• (Bot.), the foxglove.

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• noun food to be eaten with the fingers
  

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• noun grasses with creeping stems that root freely; a pest in lawns
  crabgrass; crab grass.
  
• noun any grass of the genus Chloris; occurs in short grassland especially on waste ground or poor soils
  

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• (Bot.), a kind of grass (Panicum sanguinale) with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See Crab grass, under Crab.

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• noun one of a series of holes in a woodwind instrument; pitch changes when a finger covers it
  
• noun a hole for inserting a finger
  

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• noun a geographical area in central New York State that is named for a series of narrow glacial lakes that lie parallel in a north-south direction
  

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• noun East Indian cereal grass whose seed yield a somewhat bitter flour, a staple in the Orient
  African millet; corakan; Eleusine coracana; ragee; ragi; kurakkan; coracan.
  

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• a fly nut or thumb nut.

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• noun paint that has the consistency of jelly
  fingerpaint.
  

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• noun a flat protective covering (on a door or wall etc) to prevent soiling by dirty fingers
  scutcheon; escutcheon.
  

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• a strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks.

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• a guide post bearing an index finger.

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• reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; so made for the blind.

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• noun biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
  finger scan.
  

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• noun biometric identification by automatically scanning a person's fingerprints electronically
  finger scan.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a marine shell (Pholas dactylus) resembling a finger in form.

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• noun an alphabet of manual signs
  fingerspelling.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches.

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• a cover or shield for a finger.

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• a steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife.

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• noun a wave made with the fingers
  

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• noun the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
  fingerbreadth; digit; finger.
  

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• noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
  fairy bell; Digitalis purpurea; fingerroot; fingerflower; common foxglove; finger-flower.
  

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• verb apply colors with one's fingers
  finger-paint.
  

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• noun a painting produced by spreading paint with the fingers
  
• noun painting by using the fingers to spread the paint
  
• verb apply colors with one's fingers
  finger-paint.
  

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• noun the imputation of blame
  fingerpointing.
  
  • they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop

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• noun a basketball shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket
  

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• noun tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
  fairy bell; Digitalis purpurea; fingerroot; fingerflower; common foxglove; finger-flower.
  

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• verb communicate by means of specific gestures, as an alternative to sign language
  fingerspell.
  
  • The Deaf often fingerspell

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• noun a long fillet of fish breaded and fried
  fish stick.
  

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• noun any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
  cinquefoil.
  

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Five"-fin`ger noun

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1. (Bot.) See Cinquefoil.
2. (Zoöl.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens.

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• noun hardy palmately branched North American fern with divergent recurved branches borne on lustrous dark reddish stipes
  American maidenhair fern; Adiantum pedatum.
  

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• noun a special ability to make plants grow
  green thumb.
  

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• noun a European forage grass grown for hay; a naturalized weed in United States
  large crabgrass; Digitaria sanguinalis.
  

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• noun the finger next to the thumb
  index; forefinger.
  

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• . See Index, 5.

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La"dy's fin"ger

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1. pl. (Bot.) The kidney vetch.
2. (Cookery) A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.
3. A long, slender variety of the potato.
4. (Zoöl.) One of the branchiæ of the lobster.

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• noun tall coarse annual of Old World tropics widely cultivated in southern United States and West Indies for its long mucilaginous green pods used as basis for soups and stews; sometimes placed in genus Hibiscus
  okra; Abelmoschus esculentus; Hibiscus esculentus; okra plant; gumbo.
  

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• adjective satellite having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets
  light-fingered.
  
  • a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen
  • the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time

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Light"-fin`gered adjective

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1. Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts. Fuller.

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• noun the finger farthest from the thumb
  pinky; pinkie.
  

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• the fourth and smallest finger of the hand.

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• . (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above).

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• noun the second finger; between the index finger and the ring finger
  

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• adjective satellite having nimble fingers literally or figuratively; especially for stealing or picking pockets
  light-fingered.
  
  • a light-fingered burglar who can crack the combination of a bank vault"- Harry Hansen
  • the light-fingered thoughtfulness...of the most civilized playwright of the era"- Time

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• noun the third finger (especially of the left hand)
  annualry.
  

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• the third finger of the left hand, or the next the little finger, on which the ring is placed in marriage.

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• to get one's self into unexpected trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others, speculation, etc.

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• to be concerned in. Colloq.

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• to be thoroughly familiar with. Colloq.

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• to have complete control of the will and actions of; to be able to influence at pleasure.

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Web"-fin`gered adjective

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1. Having the fingers united by a web for a considerable part of their length.

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