finger

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: fĭngʹ-gər, IPA ^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡɚ/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡə/
• (Scotland) IPA ^(key): /ˈfɪŋər/

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• Hyphenation: fin‧ger

Noun

Singular finger

Plural fingers

A finger

1. A finger is a long thin part of your hand that bends. Most people have four fingers and one thumb on each hand.

   He only uses one finger on the keyboard.

Verb

Plain form finger

Third-person singular fingers

Past tense fingered

Past participle fingered

Present participle fingering

(transitive)

1. If you finger something, you touch with your fingers it to see what it feels like.
2. if you finger someone, you tell the police that the person did something wrong.

Parts of the body (edit)
head	ears - eyes - eyebrow - nose - mouth - lips - tongue - tooth (pl. teeth) - cheeks - chin
torso	neck - throat - shoulders - chest - breasts - ribs - abdomen - pelvis - back
internal organs	heart - lungs - liver - stomach - kidneys - intestines - bladder - ovaries - uterus/womb
extremities	arms - hands - fingers - legs - feet - toes
sex organs	penis - vagina - testicle - ovary - vulva