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finger
1. verb, slang To identify (someone) as responsible for some crime or wrongdoing. I heard that Tommy the Turk got fingered as the mastermind behind the robbery. The former politician swore revenge against the whistleblower who fingered him to the authorities.
2. verb, vulgar slang To stimulate (someone) sexually through the insertion of one or more fingers into the vagina or anus.
3. noun, informal A single measure of alcohol, with the amount in the glass corresponding roughly to the width of one's finger. We only had enough vodka for everyone to have a finger. Gimme two fingers of whiskey, Jake.
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finger
1. tv. to point someone out; to identify someone (as having done something, been somewhere, etc.). Pete fingered Marty as being the one who arrived first.
2. n. someone who identifies criminals for the police; a police informer. (Underworld.) Taylor has become a finger for the cops.
3. n. an amount of liquor poured into a glass equal to the width of a finger. Britney said she only drank one finger, but the glass was five inches in diameter!
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (one's) finger itches (to do something)
- (one's) finger on the pulse
- (one's) fingers itch
- (one's) little finger told (one) that
- a three-finger salute
- all thumbs
- an itchy trigger finger
- be able to count (someone or something) on the fingers of one hand
- be all fingers and thumbs
- burn (one's) fingers
- burn one's fingers
- burn one's fingers, to
- burn your fingers
- butterfingers
- can count on the fingers of one hand
- can/could count (something) on the fingers of one hand
- catch (one) with (one's) fingers in the cookie jar
- catch (one) with (one's) fingers in the till
- count something on the fingers of one hand
- cross (one's) fingers
- cross one's fingers
- cross your fingers
- find (one) with (one's) fingers in the till
- finger
- finger (one) as (someone)
- finger as
- finger in every pie
- finger in every pie, to have a
- finger in the pie
- finger in the pie, have a
- finger itches to, one's/my
- finger someone as someone
- finger to the wind
- finger wave
- finger-licking good
- fingers crossed
- fingers were made before forks
- five-finger discount
- fork the fingers
- get (one's) finger out
- get (one's) fingers burned
- get (one's) fingers burnt
- get fingers burned
- get itchy fingers
- get your finger out
- get your fingers burned
- get your fingers burnt
- get/pull your finger out
- give (one) the finger
- give somebody the finger
- give someone the finger
- give someone/something the finger
- give the finger
- green fingers
- hand in the till, with one's
- have (one's) finger in too many pies
- have (one's) finger on the pulse
- have (one's) fingers burned
- have (one's) fingers crossed
- have (one's) fingers in the till
- have (one's) hand in the till
- have (one's)/a finger in many pies
- have (someone) turned around (one's) (little) finger
- have (someone) turned round (one's) (little) finger
- have (someone) twisted around (one's) (little) finger
- have (someone) twisted round (one's) (little) finger
- have (someone) wound around (one's) (little) finger
- have (someone) wound round (one's) (little) finger
- have (someone) wrapped around (one's) (little) finger
- have (someone) wrapped round (one's) (little) finger
- have a finger in every pie
- have a finger in the pie
- have a/(one's) finger in every pie
- have a/(one's) finger in the pie
- have a/(one's) finger on the button
- have butterfingers
- have finger in too many pies
- have green fingers
- have hand in the till
- have itchy fingers
- have sticky fingers
- have your finger on the pulse
- have your fingers in the till
- have your fingers/hand in the till
- have your hand in the till
- have/keep your finger on the pulse
- have/keep your fingers crossed
- itchy fingers
- keep (one's) finger on the pulse (of something)
- keep (one's) fingers crossed
- keep finger on the pulse of
- keep fingers crossed
- keep one's fingers crossed, to
- keep your fingers crossed
- ladyfinger
- lay a finger on
- lay a finger on (someone or something)
- lay a finger on somebody
- lay the finger on (one)
- let (someone or something) slip through (one's) fingers
- let slip
- let something slip through your fingers
- lift a finger
- lift a finger, he/she doesn't/won't
- long finger
- not lay a finger on (someone or something)
- not lay a finger on someone
- not lift a finger
- not put (one's) finger on (something)
- not put your finger on something
- on the long finger
- one-finger salute
- pinkie (finger)
- pinky (finger)
- point a/the finger
- point fingers (at someone or something)
- point the finger
- point the finger at
- point the finger at (one)
- point the finger at someone
- pull (one's) finger out
- pull my finger
- pull your finger out
- put (one's) finger in the dyke
- put (one's) finger on (something)
- put (one's) stamp on (something)
- put (something) on the long finger
- put finger on
- put one's finger on
- put something on the long finger
- put the finger on
- put the finger on (one)
- put the finger on someone
- put two fingers up at (someone or something)
- put your finger in the dyke
- put your finger on
- put your finger on something
- put/stick two fingers up at somebody
- roll (one's) (finger)prints
- roll a set of (finger)prints
- Roman hands and Russian fingers
- run (one's) fingers through (one's) hair
- run fingers through hair
- slip through (one's) fingers
- slip through fingers
- slip through one's fingers, to let
- slip through somebody's fingers
- slip through your fingers
- snap (one's) fingers
- snap (one's) fingers at (someone or something)
- snap one's fingers at
- snap your fingers
- stand around with (one's) finger up (one's) ass
- stick to (one's) fingers
- stick to fingers
- stick to someone's fingers
- stick two fingers up at (someone or something)
- sticky fingers
- the finger
- the finger of blame
- the finger of responsibility
- the finger of suspicion
- three-finger salute
- tick (something) off on (one's) fingers
- tick something off on your fingers
- turn (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
- turn (someone) round (one's) (little) finger
- twist (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
- twist around little finger
- twist around one's finger
- twist someone around your little finger
- twist/wind around one's little finger, to
- twist/wind/wrap somebody around/round your little finger
- two fingers
- wait on (one) hand, foot, and finger
- wear (one's) fingers to the bone
- wind (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
- wind (someone) round (one's) (little) finger
- wind around one's finger
- with (one's) fingers in the till
- work (one's) fingers to the bone
- work fingers to the bone
- work one's fingers to the bone
- work one's fingers to the bone, to
- work your fingers to the bone
- wrap (someone) around (one's) (little) finger
- wrap (someone) around (one's) little finger
- wrap (someone) round (one's) (little) finger
- wrapped around (one's) little finger
- your fingers itch