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finger
English
Etymology
From Middle English fynger, finger, from Old English finger (“finger”), from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (“finger”) (compare West Frisian finger, Low German/German Finger, Dutch vinger, Danish finger), from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?rós, *penk?-ros (“fifth”) (compare Old Irish cóicer (“set of five people”), Old Armenian ??????-??? (hinger-ord, “fifth”)), from *pénk?e (“five”). More at five.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f????/
- (General American) enPR: f?ng?-g?r, IPA(key): /?f????/
- (Scotland) IPA(key): /?f????/
- Rhymes: -????(?)
- Hyphenation: fin?ger
Noun
finger (plural fingers)
- (anatomy) A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
- 1916, The Finger Talk of Chicago's Wheat-Pit, Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 89, p. 81:
- Each finger extended represents one-eighth of a cent. Thus when all four fingers and the thumb are extended, all being spread out from one another, it means five-eighths.
- 1916, The Finger Talk of Chicago's Wheat-Pit, Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 89, p. 81:
- (zoology) Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals, particularly:
- 1915, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, The How and Why Library, Life, Section VIII,
- The starfish eats with five fingers.
- The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
- One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
- One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
- 1915, Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson, The How and Why Library, Life, Section VIII,
- Something similar in shape to the human finger, particularly:
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, p. 250:
- ...spires whose ‘silent finger points to Heaven’...
- (cooking) Finger-shaped pieces of food.
- 2014, Laurie David, The Family Cooks
- By now, we hope you have said “no” to processed nuggets and fingers. Instead, how about taking some real chicken, tossing it with real eggs, a little tangy mustard, and a crunchy quinoa coating?
- 2014, Laurie David, The Family Cooks
- (chemistry) A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
- 1996, Susan Trumbore, Mass Spectrometry of Soils, p. 318:
- An oven is placed over the finger with Co catalyst (oven temperature will depend on whether a quartz or Pyrex finger is used, see Ref. 24), and a cold finger (usually a copper rod immersed in dry ice–isopropanol slurry) is placed on the other tube.
- 1996, Susan Trumbore, Mass Spectrometry of Soils, p. 318:
- (Britain regional, botany, usually in in the plural, obsolete) Synonym of foxglove (D. purpurea).
- 1814, William Wordsworth, The Excursion, p. 250:
- Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body, particularly:
- a finger of land; a finger of smoke
- (botany) Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
- (anatomy, obsolete) A lobe of the liver.
- (historical) The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
- The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
- (nautical) Clipping of finger pier: a shorter, narrower pier projecting from a larger dock.
- (aviation) Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
- Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Exodus 8:19:
- The Magicians said vnto Pharaoh; This is the finger of God.
- (obsolete) Synonym of hand, the part of a clock pointing to the hour, minute, or second.
- (US, obsolete slang) A policeman or prison guard.
- (US, rare slang) An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
- (US, rare slang) A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
- (figuratively) That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.
- The finger of suspicion pointed clearly at the hotel manager.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Exodus 8:19:
- (units of measure) Various units of measure based or notionally based on the adult human finger, particularly
- (historical) Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of 1?16 foot (about 1.9 cm).
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
- a piece of steel three fingers thick
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
- (historical) A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).
- (historical) Synonym of digit: 1?12 the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
- (originally US) An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
- Gimme three fingers of bourbon.
- (historical) Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of 1?16 foot (about 1.9 cm).
- (fashion) A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
- (informal, obsolete) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
- 1786, Thomas Busby, Musical Dictionary
- A performer capable of doing justice to rapid or expressive passages, is said to have a good finger
- 1786, Thomas Busby, Musical Dictionary
- (informal, rare) Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
- (Britain slang) A person.
- (especially in the phrase 'give someone the finger') An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
- (vulgar) The act of fingering, inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure.
Synonyms
- (anatomy): See Thesaurus:finger
- (zoology): toe (when on four legs); claw, talon (usually sharp)
- (finger-shaped objects): tendril (in plants)
- (airport walkway): See jet bridge
- (finger width): See digit
- (slang for police informer): See Thesaurus:informant
- (skill with the fingers): fingering technique; touch
- (British slang for person): bloke, lad, boy, guv
Hyponyms
- (anatomy): index finger, forefinger; middle finger; ring finger; little finger, pinkie; thumb, hallux
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: finga
Translations
See finger/translations § Noun.
Verb
finger (third-person singular simple present fingers, present participle fingering, simple past and past participle fingered)
- (transitive) To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in.
- (transitive) To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
- (transitive) To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang
- 2008, Thomas Wainwright (editor), Erotic Tales, page 56:
- She smiled, a look of amazement on her face, as if thinking that maybe this was the cock that she had been fantasizing about just now, as she fingered herself to a massive, body-engulfing orgasm.
- 2008, Thomas Wainwright (editor), Erotic Tales, page 56:
- (transitive, music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
- (transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
- (transitive, computing) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.
- 1996, "Yves Bellefeuille", List of useful freeware, comp.archives.msdos.d, Usenet:
- PGP mail welcome (finger me for my key).
- 1996, "Yves Bellefeuille", List of useful freeware, comp.archives.msdos.d, Usenet:
- (obsolete) To steal; to purloin.
- (transitive, obsolete) To execute, as any delicate work.
Synonyms
- (to identify or point out): inform, grass up, snitch; See also Thesaurus:rat out
- (sexual): fingerbang, fingerfuck
Translations
See also
- artiodactyl
- dactyl
- dactylography
- dactylology
- fist
- macrodactyly
- perissodactyl
- prestidigitation
- pterodactyl
References
- "finger, n., in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Anagrams
- fringe
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?rós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fen??r/, [?fe???]
Noun
finger c (singular definite fingeren, plural indefinite fingre)
- finger
Inflection
Further reading
- finger on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Etymology 2
See fingere (“to simulate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fen??e?r/, [?fe???e????], [?fe???e???]
Verb
finger or fingér
- imperative of fingere
Middle English
Noun
finger
- Alternative form of fynger
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?rós.
Noun
finger m (definite singular fingeren, indefinite plural fingre or fingrer, definite plural fingrene)
- (anatomy) a finger
Derived terms
Related terms
- tommel
References
- “finger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?rós.
Noun
finger m (definite singular fingeren, indefinite plural fingrar, definite plural fingrane)
- (anatomy) a finger
Derived terms
Related terms
- tommel
References
- “finger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fingraz, which is from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?rós, *penk?-ros, a suffixed form of *pénk?e (“five”). Compare Old Frisian finger, Old Saxon fingar, Old High German fingar, Old Norse fingr, Gothic ???????????????????????? (figgrs).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fin.?er/, [?fi?.?er]
Noun
finger m
- finger
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle English: fynger, finger, vinger, fyngir, fyngur, fyngyr, fiyngir, ffynger
- English: finger
- Sranan Tongo: finga
- Scots: finger
- Yola: vinger
- English: finger
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *penk?rós.
Noun
finger m
- finger
Inflection
Descendants
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: fanger
- West Frisian: finger
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fi???r/
Noun
finger m
- finger
Declension
or (with neuter gender)
Descendants
- Swedish: finger
Spanish
Etymology
From English finger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?fin?e?/, [?f??.?e?]
- Hyphenation: fin?ger
Noun
finger m (plural fingeres)
- (food) finger
- (aviation, travel) jet bridge
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish finger, from Old Norse fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz, from Proto-Indo-European *pénk?rós.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f????r/
Noun
finger n or c
- (anatomy) a finger (the body part)
Declension
Usage notes
The neuter declension is much more common than the common declension.
Derived terms
See also
- hand
- knoge
- nagel
- tumme
References
- finger in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian finger, from Proto-West Germanic *fingr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f???r/
Noun
finger c (plural fingers, diminutive fingerke)
- finger
Further reading
- “finger”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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shoot
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?u?t/
- Rhymes: -u?t
- Homophone: chute
Etymology 1
From Middle English shoten, from Old English sc?otan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutan?, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, from *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”). Cognate with West Frisian sjitte, Low German scheten, Dutch schieten, German schießen, Danish skyde, Norwegian Bokmål skyte, Norwegian Nynorsk skyta, Swedish skjuta; and also, through Indo-European, with Russian ??????? (kidát?), Albanian hedh (“to throw, toss”), Persian ???? (?ost, “quick, active”), Lithuanian skudrùs.
Verb
shoot (third-person singular simple present shoots, present participle shooting, simple past shot, past participle shot or (rare) shotten)
- To launch a projectile.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- (transitive) To fire (a projectile).
- Synonym: (of an arrow) loose
- (transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
- (intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
- (intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
- (transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
- 1969, Game Conservancy (Great Britain), Annual Review (issues 1-8, page 16)
- Although the estate had been shot previously, there had been no effective keepering and little success with the pheasants released.
- 1969, Game Conservancy (Great Britain), Annual Review (issues 1-8, page 16)
- (transitive, slang) To ejaculate.
- (intransitive, usually, as imperative) To begin to speak.
- (intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
- (transitive, figuratively) To dismiss or do away with.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous) To photograph.
- (transitive, intransitive, analogous, film, television) To film.
- (transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
- (transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
- To move or act quickly or suddenly.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.
- 1884: Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter VII
- It didn't take me long to get there. I shot past the head at a ripping rate, the current was so swift, and then I got into the dead water and landed on the side towards the Illinois shore.
- To go over or pass quickly through.
- She [...] shoots the Stygian sound.
- 2005, R. G. Crouch, The Coat: The Origin and Times of Doggett's Famous Wager (page 40)
- It was approaching the time when watermen would not shoot the bridge even without a passenger aboard.
- (transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
- (transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
- Thy words shoot through my heart.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
- These preachers make / His head to shoot and ache.
- (obsolete) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
- 1802, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query VII.
- The north-east [wind] is loaded with vapor, insomuch, that the salt-makers have found that their crystals would not shoot while that blows.
- 1802, Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, Query VII.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- c. 1608-1610, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Coxcomb
- an honest weaver as ever shot shuttle
- c. 1608-1610, Beaumont and Fletcher, The Coxcomb
- (informal, transitive) To send to someone.
- (intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
- (sports) To act or achieve.
- (wrestling) To lunge.
- (professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
- To make the stated score.
- (surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
- To develop, move forward.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- 1709, John Dryden, Georgics
- But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain.
- 1709, John Dryden, Georgics
- To grow; to advance.
- Well shot in years he seemed.
- 1728, James Thomson, "Spring"
- Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, / To teach the young idea how to shoot.
- (nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
- (transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
- They shoot out the lip, they shake the head.
- Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
- 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers Chapter 49
- There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.
- 1836, Charles Dickens, The Pickwick Papers Chapter 49
- (carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- 1677, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine of Handy-works
- two Pieces of Wood are Shot (that is Plained) or else they are Pared [...] with a Pairing-chissel
- 1677, Joseph Moxon, Mechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine of Handy-works
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Dying Swan
- The tangled water courses slept, / Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
- ?, Alfred Tennyson, The Dying Swan
- (card games) To shoot the moon.
- (aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:shoot.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Catalan: xut
- ? Greek: ???? (sout)
- ? Persian: ???? (šut)
- ? Portuguese: chuto, chute
- ? Romanian: ?ut
- ? Vietnamese: sút
Translations
Noun
shoot (plural shoots)
- The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
- Prune off yet also superfluous branches, and shoots of this second spring.
- A photography session.
- A hunt or shooting competition.
- (professional wrestling, slang) An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion
- One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.
- 1612, Michael Drayton, Poly-Olbion
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- (weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- A shoat; a young pig.
- (mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- 1901, Frank Lee Hess, pubs.usgs.gov report. Rare Metals. TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
- In the western dike is a shoot about 4 feet in diameter carrying a considerable sprinkling of cassiterite, ore which in quantity would undoubtedly be worth mining. The shoot contains a large amount of muscovite mica with quartz and very little or no feldspar...
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Knight to this entry?)
- 1901, Frank Lee Hess, pubs.usgs.gov report. Rare Metals. TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM IN SOUTH DAKOTA.
- An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
- 1891, New South Wales. Supreme Court, The New South Wales Law Reports (volume 12, page 238)
- That there was no evidence before the jury that at the time of the accident the timber shoot was worked by the defendant company.
- 1891, New South Wales. Supreme Court, The New South Wales Law Reports (volume 12, page 238)
- (card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
Derived terms
- (hunt or shooting competition): turkey shoot
Descendants
- Catalan: xut
- Portuguese: chuto
Translations
Etymology 2
Minced oath for shit.
Interjection
shoot
- A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain
- Didn't you have a concert tonight?
- Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready...
Synonyms
- (mild expletive): darn, dash, fiddlesticks, shucks, sugar
Translations
Anagrams
- Hoots, Htoos, Sotho, hoots, sooth, toosh
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