Word: finger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *pénkʷe From Middle English fynger, finger, from Old English finger (“finger”), from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (“finger”), from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós, from *pénkʷe (“five”). Cognate with West Frisian finger, German and Low German Finger, Dutch vinger, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish finger, Faroese and Icelandic fingur; see also Old Armenian հինգեր-որդ (hinger-ord, “fifth”). More at five. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡəː/, [ˈfɪŋɡəː], /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/, [ˈfɪŋɡɚ] ~ [ˈfɪŋɡɹ̩], /ˈfiŋɡɚ/ 1. A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb, and the corresponding part, irrespective of including a thumb, in many other animals. Example: Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers. Example: [M]aking a Cut here big enough to put her Finger in, which ſhe thruſts under the Guts, and with it rakes or tears out the Stone that lies neareſt to it. 2. Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly Example: The starfish eats with five fingers. 3. Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals 4. Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals 5. Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals 6. Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly Example: ...spires whose ‘silent finger points to Heaven’... 7. Something similar in shape to the human finger Example: chocolate fingers; fish fingers; cheese fingers Example: By now, we hope you have said “no” to processed nuggets and fingers. Instead, how about taking some real chicken, tossing it with real eggs, a little tangy mustard, and a crunchy quinoa coating? 8. Something similar in shape to the human finger Example: An oven is placed over the finger with Co catalyst (oven temperature will depend on whether a quartz or Pyrex finger is used, see Ref. 24), and a cold finger (usually a copper rod immersed in dry ice–isopropanol slurry) is placed on the other tube. 9. Something similar in shape to the human finger Labels: UK, obsolete, plural-normally, regional 10. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly Example: a finger of land; a finger of smoke 11. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body 12. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body Labels: obsolete 13. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body Labels: historical 14. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body 15. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 16. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body 17. Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body 18. Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. Example: The Magicians said vnto Pharaoh; This is the finger of God. 19. Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. Labels: obsolete 20. Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. Labels: US, obsolete, slang 21. Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. Labels: US, rare, slang 22. Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. Labels: US, rare, slang 23. Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing. Labels: figuratively Example: The finger of suspicion pointed clearly at the hotel manager. 24. Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly Labels: historical Example: a piece of steel three fingers thick 25. Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly Labels: historical 26. Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly Labels: historical 27. Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly Example: Gimme three fingers of bourbon. 28. A part of a glove intended to cover a finger. 29. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. Labels: informal, obsolete Example: A performer capable of doing justice to rapid or expressive passages, is said to have a good finger 30. Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket. Labels: informal, rare 31. A person. Labels: UK, slang 32. An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards. Labels: especially 33. Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components. 34. An act of fingering (inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure). Labels: vulgar