finger

UK /ˈfɪŋɡəː/ · US /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/

Etymology 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, from *pénkʷe (“five”). Cognate with West Frisian finger, German and Low German Finger, Dutch vinger, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish finger, Faroese and Icelandic fingur; see also Old Armenian հինգեր-որդ (hinger-ord, “fifth”). More at five.

Synonyms

toe, claw, talon, tendril, jet bridge, digit, informant, fingering technique, touch, bloke, lad, boy, guv, finger, lupper

Derived terms

389 terms

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finger-counting, finger crotch, fingercuffs, finger cymbal, finger-dried, finger drill, finger dry, finger-dry, finger-drying, fingered, fingerer, finger exercise, finger fan, finger-fed, finger fern, finger fillip, finger fish, finger flower, finger food, finger-four, finger-friendly, finger fuck, fingerfuck, finger-fuck, fingerfucker, fingerful, finger-fumbler, finger game, Fingergate, finger glass, finger grass, finger grip, finger guard, fingerguard, finger gun, finger heart, fingerhold, fingerhole, finger hole, finger impression, fingering, finger in the dike, finger in the dyke, finger in the pie, fingerish, finger joint, finger lake, finger language, finger-length, fingerless, fingerlet, finger-licking, finger-lickin' good, finger-light, fingerlike, finger lime, fingerling, finger man, finger mark, fingermark, finger-marked, finger mask, fingermeal, finger millet, finger mirror, finger muffin, finger-nail, fingernail, finger nail, finger neb, finger nut, finger on the pulse, 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fingerspelling, finger spelling, finger spin, finger spinner, finger-spinner, finger splint, finger sponge, fingerstall, finger steak, finger steel, fingerstick, finger stick, finger stocks, finger-stool, fingerstyle, fingersucking, fingers were made before forks, finger-talk, finger-talking, finger talking, finger tap, finger-tapping, finger test, finger tight, finger-tight, fingertip, finger to the wind, finger to the winds, finger-tray, finger trouble, finger-tutting, finger-wag, finger-wagging, finger watch, finger wave, finger waving, fingerwear, finger weaving, finger width, fingerwise, finger work, finger wrestling, fingery, first finger, fish finger, five finger, five-finger, five finger discount, five-finger discount, five finger exercise, five-finger exercise, foam finger, forefinger, fourth finger, fucked by the fickle finger of fate, fuck finger, fuck-you finger, fumblefingers, get one's finger out, get one's fingers burnt, get one's fingers onto, give the finger, give the fingers, gold-finger, green fingers, have a fine finger, have a finger in, have a finger in every pie, have fingers made of lime-twigs, have green fingers, have more of something in one's finger than, have one's finger on the pulse, have one's finger on the trigger, have one's fingers in many pies, have one's fingers in the till, index finger, in one's fingers, interfinger, itchy trigger finger, king's finger, ladies' fingers, ladyfinger, lady's finger, lay a finger on, least finger, leech-finger, let one's fingers do the walking, lift a finger, lift a finger against, light-finger, little finger, long betwixt the fingers, long finger, look through one's fingers, lords' and ladies' fingers, mallet finger, marriage finger, medical finger, medicinal finger, mercurial finger, middle-finger, middle finger, mid-finger, misfinger, move a finger, multifinger, nameless finger, nanofinger, old finger, one finger salute, one-finger salute, one's fingers are all thumbs, one's fingers itch, out of one's fingers, physical finger, physic finger, physician finger, pinfinger, pinkie finger, pinky finger, pointer finger, point the finger at, pull finger, pull my finger, pull one's finger on, pull one's finger out, pull one's finger out of one's arse, pussy finger, put a finger to the wind, put one's finger in a hole, put one's finger in the dyke, put one's finger in the fire, put one's finger on, put on the long finger, put the finger on, put two fingers up, putty in someone's fingers, raise a finger, raise a finger against, refinger, ring finger, ring-finger, sausage finger, Scotch finger, seal finger, showing finger, skirt finger, slip through one's fingers, snap of a finger, snap of the fingers, snap one's fingers, splitfinger, split finger, split-finger fastball, sponge finger, stick two fingers up, sticky-finger, sticky finger, sticky fingers, stir a finger, the finger, the fingers, third finger, three-finger salute, trigger finger, turn around one's finger, twist around one's little finger, two fingers, two-finger salute, vibration white finger, wag a finger, wag one's finger, wedding finger, wind around one's little finger, with a wet finger, within one's fingers, with one's finger in one's mouth, with one's finger up one's ass, word of finger, work one's fingers to the bone, wrap around one's fingers, wrap around one's little finger, zinc finger, zombie finger

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Hypernyms

digit

Hyponyms

34 terms

index finger, forefinger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger, pinkie, thumb, hallux, arrow-finger, auricular, demonstrator, ear finger, fourth finger, fuck finger, gold-finger, leech-finger, lickpot, little man, marriage finger, medical finger, medicinal finger, mercurial finger, physic finger, physical finger, physician finger, pinky, pointling, ring-finger, ring-man, showing finger, tall man, teacher, third finger, thumby

Holonyms

hand

Meronyms

nail, fingernail