A Quick and Simple Dictionary

finger

1. Noun.  (anatomy) One of the long extremities of the hand, sometimes excluding the thumb.
2. Noun.  A piece of food resembling such an extremity.
3. Noun.  (also finger pier) A walkway extending from a dock, an airport terminal, etc, used by passengers to board a waiting ship or aeroplane.
4. Noun.  An amount of liquid, usually alcohol, in a glass, with the depth of a finger's length.
5. Verb.  (transitive) To identify or point out. Ex.: '''put the finger on''' To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in, to finger.
6. Verb.  (transitive) To poke or probe with a finger.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus.
8. Verb.  (transitive, music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
9. Verb.  (transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
10. Verb.  (transitive, computing) To query (a user's status) using the (w, Finger protocol) .