āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
Finger
01
āĻāĻā§āĻ˛, āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ
each of the long thin parts that are connected to our hands, sometimes the thumb is not included
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He used his finger to scroll through the pictures on his phone.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
one of the sections of a glove designed to cover a finger or thumb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She wore gloves with long fingers for warmth.
03
a length or breadth approximately equal to that of a human finger, used as a measure
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The craftsman measured a finger of dough.
to finger
01
āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to touch or handle something using the fingers
Transitive: to finger sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The toddler eagerly fingered the soft petals of the flowers in the garden.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻ°āĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻšā§āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĻā§āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to mark notation with signs indicating which fingers should be used to play particular musical notes or passages
Transitive: to finger a musical composition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
In the violin solo, the composer carefully fingered the passages to ensure smooth and efficient execution by the performer.
āĻāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ, āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¯āĻŧāĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŽāĻ¸ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻ¨āĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤
03
āĻĢāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ°, āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¸āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to query or retrieve information about a user on a remote system using the Finger protocol
Transitive: to finger sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She fingered the administrator to check when they last accessed the system.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻŽā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻž āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻˇāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻžāĻ¸āĻāĻā§ finger āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
04
āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻļāĻ¨āĻžāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to identify or point out someone as the person responsible for committing a crime or wrongdoing, often to law enforcement or other authorities
Dialect
American
AmericanTransitive: to finger a criminal
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Under pressure from the authorities, the accomplice finally agreed to finger his partner in the smuggling operation.
āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻĒāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻĒā§, āĻ¸āĻšāĻ¯ā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻļā§āĻˇā§ āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ˛āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ
āĻāĻļā§āĻĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ˛ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻšā§ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
fingerless
fingerlike
finger
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
