finger-point
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: finger-points
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form: finger-pointing
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form: finger-pointed
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form: finger-pointed
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form: [ambitransitive
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form: to]
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form: finger point
form: fingerpoint
Senses: examples: text: He was encouraged to finger-point at words while reading.
ref: 1975, Eleanor Frances Brown, “Case Studies”, in Bibliotherapy and Its Widening Applications, Metuchen, N.J.: The Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 374:
text: Last Wednesday, Graham and George Washington’s Tom Tate almost came to blows after a finger-pointing episode. […] Graham does not finger-point to show for fans. He does it because it comes to mind in the natural flow of the game, as it comes to every player’s mind.
ref: 1979 January 5, Betty Cuniberti, “Ernest Graham”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: At times, he looked at the gulf of dark heads looking up at him as if to a god. At times, he finger-pointed at the horizon, to the enemy that existed anywhere out there, somewhere.
ref: 2001, Jorge Reyes, “Fidel”, in Rediscovering Cuba: A Personal Memoir, Lincoln, Neb.: Writers Club Press, →ISBN, page 69:
text: Mr. Strzok smirked as the joint committee members fought one another, yelled for points of order or parliamentary inquiries, talked over one another and finger-pointed.
ref: 2018 July 16, Michael Bloomer, “Peter Strzok’s hearing made everyone look bad”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2018:
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glosses: To point with a finger (at someone or something).
raw_tags: with at
examples: text: As the family crumbles, society finger-points: “First, it was teachers and schools; it must be their fault. Then single mothers; it must be their fault. Now, we’re moving on to fathers,” [Richard] Louv writes.
ref: 1993 June 17, Beverly Beyette, “In Your (Celebrity) Dreams”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: The spokesman for the White House, Ari Fleischer, said it was “time for everybody concerned to take a deep breath, to stop finger-pointing and to work well together.”
ref: 2002 September 26, Carl Hulse, Todd S[tanley] Purdum, “Daschle Defends Democrats’ Stand on Security”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Nov 2018:
text: The rumor that the four “Sex and the City” girls were really four gay men was merely urban legend, she said, and finger-pointed conservative author Ann Coulter as its source.
ref: 2003 August 7, Susan Carpenter, “More glamour, dish from the ‘Sex’-y gal”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Jul 2025:
text: More flagrantly, the Delhi police themselves closed some 241 cases after survivors finger-pointed particular senior officers.
ref: 2014 October 31, Jasmeet K. Ahuja, “India’s new prime minister promised to investigate a genocide against Sikhs. Why hasn’t he?”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Oct 2014:
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glosses: To assign blame (to) or accuse (someone or something).
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Derived terms: finger-pointy
Related terms: word: finger point
word: finger-pointing