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How to pronounce finger in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms digit, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth
Type of linear unit, linear measure
Type Words
Synonyms feel
Verb group feel
Derivation fingering


The customer fingered the sweater.
Type Words
Synonyms thumb
Type of touch
Derivation fingering


finger the binding of the book.
Type Words
Type of digit, extremity, dactyl
Has types annualry, forefinger, index, index finger, little finger, middle finger, pinkie, pinky, pollex, ring finger, thumb


her fingers were long and thin.
Type Words
Type of indicate, show, designate, point
Derivation fingering
Type Words
Type of covering
Type Words
Type of look for, search, seek


I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons.

Examples of finger

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Josh Beckett used that years ago to help him deal with a finger blister problem.
From the denverpost.com
He jammed the finger during Friday's pool wrestling at the De Soto Invitational.
From the stltoday.com
Is there much finger-pointing in a session like this, you caused it, you fix it?
From the time.com
Cook, already on the shelf with shoulder stiffness, caught the finger in a door.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Then, using a butter knife, make indents in several places to resemble a finger.
From the kentucky.com
Much ado was made over the expletive stenciled on the nail of her middle finger.
From the cnn.com
They observe the story's complexities and keep the finger-pointing to a minimum.
From the time.com
It was admittedly a very direct middle finger of a joke, which I don't discount.
From the time.com
Keep it loose and put your finger on the side of the spool to but a break on it.
From the post-gazette.com
More examples
  • Feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book"
  • Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
  • Feel: examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater"
  • The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
  • One of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb
  • Search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
  • A finger is a type of digit, an organ of manipulation and found in the hands of humans and other primates.Chambers 1998 page 603Oxford Illustrated pages 311,380 Normally humans have five digits, termed phalanges, on each hand (exceptions are polydactyly, hypodactyly and digit loss). ...
  • The Israel Aircraft Industries Nesher (Hebrew: u05E0u05E9u05E8, "Vulture" - often mistranslated as "Eagle") is the Israeli version of the Dassault Mirage 5 multi-role fighter aircraft. Most were later sold to the Argentine Air Force as Daggers, and later upgraded as Fingers.
  • Finger is the fifth episode of the third series of British television sitcom, Bottom. It was first broadcast on February 3, 1995.