Collocations for "finger"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "finger" in context.
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finger
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- my [index, pointer, middle, ring, pinkie] finger
- [long, short, stubby, dirty, sticky] fingers
- have a broken finger
- have [10] fingers
- [gave, flipped] me the (middle) finger
- UK: stuck two fingers up at him
- put his finger to my lips
- pointed her finger at [me, the door, the bird]
- [push the button, flip the switch] with your finger
- [strumming, tapping] with his fingers
- put a ring on her finger
- slammed my finger in the [door, window]
- got my finger trapped in the [door]
- stuck her finger in the [water, cake, pie]
- scraped his fingers [on, along] the desk
- licked his fingers after (eating) the [donut, cake, chicken]
- count on your fingers
- has his fingers in [different, many, several] pies
- UK: she has green fingers
- fish fingers
- a finger of [fish, toast, chocolate]
- a finger of land
- the finger of [God, fate]
- the finger seems to point [at, to]
- [quick, eager, easy] to point the finger
- no pointing fingers
- will be no finger-pointing (here)
- is eating finger food
- playing with finger puppets
- finger the [suspect, criminal, robber]
- [suspect] was fingered (by police)
- fingered the [fruit, gun, handle, keys]
- don't finger the [fruit]
- sexually explicit: fingering [her, yourself]
'finger' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
around
- bandage
- blade
- blister
- broken
- burn
- chop
- chopped
- corner
- crook
- cut
- engagement
- flick
- flip
- foam
- grip
- hold
- hook
- hurt
- index
- itchy
- jagged
- knuckle
- lift
- mash
- middle
- minus
- needle
- nip
- pie
- point
- poke
- prick
- pulse
- puppet
- saw
- sever
- shake
- shoot
- slice
- slit
- slob
- smear
- smudge
- spindle
- splinter
- stab
- stitches
- stub
- swelling