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, verb

British Dictionary definitions for give the finger

finger
/ (ˈfɪŋɡə) /

noun

verb

Derived forms of finger

fingerer, noun fingerless, adjective

Word 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
[ fĭnggər ]

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