Phrase Hound found 169 phrases and 22 compound words that contain fingers. The most common are listed below. Open fingers in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 169
- fingers crossedhopefully
- two fingersSynonym of two-finger salute: A hand gesture made by extending the index and middle fingers together while holding the other fingers down.
- sticky fingersAn inclination to steal.
- give the fingersUncommon form of give the finger
- devil's fingersA starfish, especially Asterias rubens.
- cross one's fingersTo put the middle finger across the index finger, especially
- fingers in the windplural of finger in the wind: An attention to or focus on or awareness of current or prevailing trends, public opinion, or shifting circumstances.
- green fingersA seemingly natural gardening ability.
- dead men's fingersThe gills of edible crabs.
- red dead man's fingersA soft coral (Alcyonium palmatum).
- angel fingersTongues of flame that are a sign of impending rollover.
- baby fingersplural of baby finger: The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.
- butter fingersAlternative form of butterfingers: Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
- chicken fingersplural of chicken finger: A narrow strip of deep-fried chicken, generally without bones or skin, often coated in bread crumbs or similar coating.
- dirty fingersplural of dirty finger: The middle finger (an obscene gesture).
- fat fingersplural of fat finger: To type (something) erroneously on a keyboard, keypad, or touchscreen by accidentally pressing with a finger one or more keys other than the intended one.
- fish fingersplural of fish finger: A rectangular stick of processed fish coated in breadcrumbs that is cooked by frying or grilling.
- index fingersplural of index finger: The forefinger.
- ladies' fingersplural of lady's finger: Synonym of okra: the edible capsules of Abelmoschus esculentus.
- light-fingersthird-person singular simple present indicative of light-finger: To take; to steal; to pilfer.
- little fingersplural of little finger: The outermost and smallest finger of the hand, next to the ring finger, farthest from the thumb.
- middle fingersplural of middle finger: The finger between the forefinger and the ring finger.
- ring-fingersplural of ring-finger: The finger between the middle finger and the little finger; the "third finger" (UK) or the "fourth finger" (US), especially of the left hand. (The ring finger is the left hand; a ring finger is either hand.)
- spirit fingersA cheerleading move with outstretched arms and fingers wiggling up and down.
- foam fingersplural of foam finger: A large glove made of foam cut in the shape of and painted with the figure of a hand that (usually) has an outstretched index finger.
Compound words 22
- butterfingersSomeone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.
- fumblefingersA clumsy person; a butterfingers.
- forefingersplural of forefinger: The index finger: the first finger next to the thumb.
- ladyfingersplural of ladyfinger: A low-density, dry, egg-based, sweet sponge cake biscuit roughly shaped like a large finger.
- fingerstallA protective cover for the finger; a fingercot.
- interfingersthird-person singular simple present indicative of interfinger: To interpenetrate in long alternating strips like clasped fingers.
- nanofingersplural of nanofinger: Any structure having the form of a nanoscopic finger.
- eigenfingersplural of eigenfinger: The eigenmap that provides a biometric description of a finger.
- fatfingersthird-person singular simple present indicative of fatfinger (alternative form of fat-fingers)
- fingerspeltsimple past and past participle of fingerspell