finger

fin|ger1 [ `fıŋgər ] noun count ***

1. ) your fingers are the long thin parts on the end of your hands:

He had long bony fingers.

She ran her fingers over the smooth wood.

a ) the part of a piece of clothing that covers one of your fingers:

the fingers of her glove

2. ) a long thin piece of something:

Serve with fingers of toast.

be all fingers and thumbs

to be unable to do a small difficult job because you cannot control your fingers well enough

burn your fingers or get your fingers burned

to suffer, especially by losing money, because you became involved in something that was not successful:

A lot of small investors got their fingers burned.

cross your fingers or keep your fingers crossed

to hope that things will happen in the way you want them to. People sometimes put one of their fingers over another one to show this hope.

give someone the finger

to express anger at someone in a very rude way by holding up your longest finger toward them with your palm facing you

have a finger in every pie INFORMAL

to be involved in a lot of different things

snap/click your fingers

to make a sound by rubbing one of your fingers quickly against your thumb, usually in order to attract someone's attention

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finger

fin|ger 2 [ `fıŋgər ] verb transitive

1. ) to touch or feel something with your fingers:

He nervously fingered the knife.

2. ) INFORMAL to tell the police that someone has committed a crime