finger
[ fing-ger ]
/ ˈfɪŋ gər /
noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to touch or handle something with the fingers.
to extend in or as in the shape of a finger: Landing piers finger out into the river along the city's shoreline.
Idioms for finger
Origin of finger
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German
Finger, Dutch
vinger, Old Norse
fingr, Gothic
figgrs
OTHER WORDS FROM finger
fin·ger·er, noun fin·ger·less, adjective re·fin·ger, verbWords nearby finger
finest,
finestra,
finfish,
finfoot,
fingal's cave,
finger,
finger bowl,
finger buffet,
finger food,
finger gate,
finger grass
British Dictionary definitions for give the finger
finger
/ (ˈfɪŋɡə) /
noun
verb
Derived forms of finger
fingerer, noun fingerless, adjectiveWord Origin for finger
Old English; related to Old Norse
fingr, Gothic
figgrs, Old High German
fingar; see
five,
fist
Medical definitions for give the finger
finger
[ fĭng′gər ]
n.
One of the five digits of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
Idioms and Phrases with give the finger (1 of 2)
give the finger
Make an obscene gesture by closing one's fist and extending one's middle finger upward, generally interpreted as fuck you. For example, Herb has a dangerous habit of giving the finger to motorists who cut in front of him. Although from about 1890 to 1920 this term was used in the sense of “disappoint or snub someone,” that meaning seems to have died out. [Second half of 1900s]
Idioms and Phrases with give the finger (2 of 2)
finger