Definitions for fingers

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fingers fin·ger

Spelling: [fing-ger]

IPA: /ˈfɪŋ gər/

Fingers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 185 anagrams from letters in fingers (efginrs).

Definitions for fingers

noun

1. any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
2. a part of a glove made to receive a finger.
3. the breadth of a finger as a unit of measurement; digit.
4. the length of a finger: approximately 4½ inches (11 cm).
5. Slang. an informer or spy.
6. something like a finger in form or use, as a projection or pointer:
7. any of various projecting parts of machines.

Idioms

1. burn one's fingers, to suffer injury or loss by meddling or by acting rashly:
2. give (someone) the finger, Slang. to express contempt for by or as by the obscene gesture of pointing the middle finger upward while folding the other fingers against the palm.
3. have a finger in the pie, to have an interest or share in something. to meddle in something.
4. keep one's fingers crossed, to wish for good luck or success, as in a specific endeavor:
5. lay / put one's finger on, to indicate exactly; remember: to discover; locate:
6. not lift a finger, to make not even a small attempt; do nothing:
7. put the finger on, Slang. finger (def 12).
8. slip through one's fingers, to elude one, as an opportunity not taken; escape: to pass or be consumed quickly:
9. snap one's fingers (at), to exhibit disdain or contempt (for):
10. twist / wrap around one's little finger, to exert one's influence easily or successfully upon:

verb (used with object)

1. to touch with the fingers; toy or meddle with; handle.
2. to touch with the fingers so as to mar or spoil:
3. to pilfer; filch.
4. Music. to play on (an instrument) with the fingers. to perform or mark (a passage of music) with a certain fingering.
5. Slang. to inform against or identify (a criminal) to the authorities: to designate as a victim, as of murder or other crime.

verb (used without object)

1. to touch or handle something with the fingers.
2. to extend in or as in the shape of a finger:

Origin of fingers

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Finger, Dutch vinger, Old Norse fingr, Gothic figgrs

Examples for fingers

I can see the dominoes with my fingers—touch is just as good as sight.

With senility's fingers at his throat, it was clear that no more movies were going to be made.

Pinch it with your fingers until it makes large crumbles and distribute it on the berries (it will not cover them entirely).

But his fingers moved through her silky strands of hair, and then down her neck.

The fingers that held the petal tingled, and a flush rose in her cheek.

“In a perfect world, we snap our fingers and our problems go away,” Colter says.

Thinking of this, he produced it from the holster with a flick of his fingers.

He sliced it into bits, and she took them daintily from between his fingers.

The fingers thrust at his throat—he seemed to be tearing his own flesh.

The drain clogs in the shower every few days, and the clump of tangled brown hair is springy between my fingers.