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Meanings of the finger in English

Russian
средний палец
Spanish
hacer el gesto del dedo medio
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Hand gesture.

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      средний палец
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      Examples for "the finger wave"
      Examples for "the finger wave"
      1
      Three of the fingers waved.
      A touch of death
      1
      It happened quite quickly, and soon the bird was no longer faded.
      Folktales from africa: the baboons who went this way and that
      2
      Substitute the insect for the bird; and the problem remained the same.
      The Mason-Bees
      3
      Minnie Riperton's 'Lovin' You.' You know, the one with the bird sounds.
      The wildwater walking club
      4
      Simpson said the bird could live several weeks before needing another meal.
      The Guardian
      5
      Questor said something in response, but Abernathy was looking at the bird.
      The Tangle Box
      1
      A camera had caught me flipping the bird while leaving the MCME.
      Bones Never Lie
      2
      People love Sally Field flipping the bird at a cop and getting away with it.
      Reuters
      3
      He was caught on air today flipping the bird to a BBC News Channel anchor, Simon McCoy.
      The Guardian
      4
      I restrained myself from flipping the bird at the honker, but only because I had enough trouble.
      11/22/63
      5
      It was, in a sense, the football version of Robbie Williams flipping the bird as he led the opening ceremony.
      The South African
      Usage of the finger in English
      1
      In each case, the finger of blame points directly at human activities.
      The Guardian
      2
      And the magicians said to Pharao: This is the finger of God.
      The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1
      3
      For breakfast, the finger bowls and plates may be brought in first.
      School and Home Cooking
      4
      Under the powerful light the finger prints stood out distinct and clear.
      I Spy
      5
      His speech was too late to stop the pressure of the finger.
      The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South
      6
      But the finger of suspicion seemed to point plainly toward the teacher.
      Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid
      7
      Against the twelve jurymen the finger of scorn would never be pointed.
      Phineas Redux
      8
      One could crush them with the very slightest pressure of the finger.
      Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at t...
      9
      But yet I thought I had put it on the finger again.
      The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
      10
      One had much better work till the blood starts from the finger-ends.
      O. T., A Danish Romance
      11
      Then he brought the finger down sharply, and the two leaped out.
      Police Your Planet
      12
      Only then did he release the lever, allowing the finger to vanish.
      Mezzerow Loves Company
      13
      She grasped the book eagerly, hungrily, and looked where the finger pointed.
      The Girl from Montana
      14
      Any points of difference are usually considered fatal to the finger-print theory.
      The Poisoned Pen
      15
      There were no vices at which to point the finger of scorn.
      Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs
      16
      We need not wait for catastrophes to trace the finger of God.
      Christian Mysticism
      Translations for the finger