A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
Humans have two hands and ten fingers. Each hand has one thumb and four fingers.
Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly
The starfish eats with five fingers.
Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
To identify or point out; to blame for something.
This makes it quite difficult to finger specific gene variants, since any one variant contributes only tiny effects.
To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on.
A surname.
A city in Tennessee.
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, ...
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To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
Goe, get you gone: and let the papers lye: / You would be fingring them, to anger me.