forefinger

[ fawr-fing-ger, fohr- ]

/ ˈfɔrˌfɪŋ gər, ˈfoʊr- /

the first finger next to the thumb.

Also called index finger.

Origin of forefinger

First recorded in 1400–50, forefinger is from the late Middle English word forefyngure. See fore-, finger

The emphasis was his: a high quivering shout, a forefinger stabbing upward.

Yeshayahu Leibowitz Is Not The Name Of A Street |Gershom Gorenberg |April 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
"Nous verrons," answered I, swinging it on my forefinger, in order to demonstrate its lightness.

Frank Fairlegh |Frank E. Smedley
I held up my precious book before him; I rapped the open page impressively with my forefinger.

The Moonstone |Wilkie Collins
He already had his forefinger on the trigger of his "single-barrel."

Anderson Crow, Detective |George Barr McCutcheon

She lifted a tress on her forefinger and smoothed it against the sunlight.

Fort Amity |Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
The Flopper scrubbed at his very dirty chin with a very dirty thumb and forefinger.

The Miracle Man |Frank L. Packard

forefinger

/ (ˈfɔːˌfɪŋɡə) /

the finger next to the thumb Also called: index finger

forefinger

[ fôr′fĭng′gər ]

index finger