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Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : fing-ger |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪŋ gər |
Definition of fingers
Origin :- early 15c., "to touch or point to with the finger" (but cf. fingering from late 14c.), from finger (n.). Sense of "play upon a musical instrument" is from 1510s. The meaning "identify a criminal" is underworld slang first recorded 1930. Related: Fingered; fingering.
- noun appendage of hand
- verb touch lightly
- verb choose, designate
- I can see the dominoes with my fingers—touch is just as good as sight.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Thinking of this, he produced it from the holster with a flick of his fingers.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The fingers thrust at his throat—he seemed to be tearing his own flesh.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The fingers that held the petal tingled, and a flush rose in her cheek.
- Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
- He sliced it into bits, and she took them daintily from between his fingers.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- It made her interlace her fingers with nervous anxiety, but it set a fire in her eyes.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Something freezing cold was beginning at the tips of his fingers.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Her fingers were stiff, but so was her will: the way she stuck to her work was pathetic.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Her hand was in her pocket, and a bright coin was between her fingers.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
- You might not have noticed them, but it seemed to Sallie that her fingers had touched everywhere.
- Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden
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