Meaning of finger In English

• 0 any of the long, thin, separate parts of the hand, especially those that are not thumbs:

  • He noticed her long delicate fingers.

  • I cut my finger chopping onions last night.

• 1 to touch or feel something with your fingers:

  • She fingered her necklace absent-mindedly as she talked.

• 2 If you finger someone, you tell the police that they are guilty of a crime.

• 3 any of the long, thin parts of the hand that bend and hold things, esp. one other than the thumb:

  • I cut my finger when I was chopping onions.

• 4 to touch or feel something with the fingers:

  • He fingered his watch nervously as he waited for the exam to begin.

• 5 to steal money, or to be discovered to be stealing money, from the place where you work:

  • He was caught with his fingers in the till after management set up a covert surveillance system.