fingered

fingered
finger ► NOUN 1) each of the four slender jointed parts attached to either hand (or five, if the thumb is included). 2) a measure of liquor in a glass, based on the breadth of a finger. 3) an object with the long, narrow shape of a finger.
► VERB 1) touch or feel with the fingers. 2) identify or choose for a particular purpose. 3) informal, chiefly N. Amer. inform on. 4) Music play (a passage) with a particular sequence of positions of the fingers.
● be all fingers and thumbs — Cf. ↑be all fingers and thumbs
● burn one's fingers — Cf. ↑burn one's fingers
● have a finger in the pie — Cf. ↑have a finger in the pie
● have one's finger on the pulse — Cf. ↑have one's finger on the pulse
● lay a finger on — Cf. ↑lay a finger on
● pull one's finger out — Cf. ↑pull one's finger out
● put the finger on — Cf. ↑put the finger on
● put one's finger on — Cf. ↑put one's finger on
● snap (or click) one's fingers — Cf. ↑snap one's fingers
DERIVATIVES fingered adjective fingerless adjective.
ORIGIN Old English.

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