Usage of "the finger"

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Hand gesture.

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Examples for "the finger wave"

Three of the fingers waved. 
 A touch of death 

It happened quite quickly, and soon the bird was no longer faded. 
 Folktales from africa: the baboons who went this way and that 

Substitute the insect for the bird; and the problem remained the same. 
 The Mason-Bees 

Minnie Riperton's 'Lovin' You.' You know, the one with the bird sounds. 
 The wildwater walking club 

Simpson said the bird could live several weeks before needing another meal. 
 The Guardian 

Questor said something in response, but Abernathy was looking at the bird. 
 The Tangle Box 

A camera had caught me flipping the bird while leaving the MCME. 
 Bones Never Lie 

People love Sally Field flipping the bird at a cop and getting away with it. 
 Reuters 

He was caught on air today flipping the bird to a BBC News Channel anchor, Simon McCoy. 
 The Guardian 

I restrained myself from flipping the bird at the honker, but only because I had enough trouble. 
 11/22/63 

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

In each case, the finger of blame points directly at human activities. 
 The Guardian 

And the magicians said to Pharao: This is the finger of God. 
 The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Old Testament — Part 1 

For breakfast, the finger bowls and plates may be brought in first. 
 School and Home Cooking 

Under the powerful light the finger prints stood out distinct and clear. 
 I Spy 

His speech was too late to stop the pressure of the finger. 
 The Man in Gray: A Romance of North and South 

But the finger of suspicion seemed to point plainly toward the teacher. 
 Madge Morton, Captain of the Merry Maid 

Against the twelve jurymen the finger of scorn would never be pointed. 
 Phineas Redux 

One could crush them with the very slightest pressure of the finger. 
 Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at t... 

But yet I thought I had put it on the finger again. 
 The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day 

One had much better work till the blood starts from the finger-ends. 
 O. T., A Danish Romance 

Then he brought the finger down sharply, and the two leaped out. 
 Police Your Planet 

Only then did he release the lever, allowing the finger to vanish. 
 Mezzerow Loves Company 

She grasped the book eagerly, hungrily, and looked where the finger pointed. 
 The Girl from Montana 

Any points of difference are usually considered fatal to the finger-print theory. 
 The Poisoned Pen 

There were no vices at which to point the finger of scorn. 
 Brook Farm: Historic and Personal Memoirs 

We need not wait for catastrophes to trace the finger of God. 
 Christian Mysticism 

Translations for the finger

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Meanings of the finger in English