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Synonyms for fingered


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fing-gerd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪŋ gərd

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Définition of fingered

Origin :
  • early 15c., "to touch or point to with the finger" (but cf. fingering from late 14c.), from finger (n.). Sense of "play upon a musical instrument" is from 1510s. The meaning "identify a criminal" is underworld slang first recorded 1930. Related: Fingered; fingering.
  • verb touch lightly
  • verb choose, designate
Example sentences :
  • Charles had said as he fingered his throat, which was patched with black and blue.
  • Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
  • He fingered the strand on Young Pine's neck, making signs of friendship.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • Josie fingered the contents of her purse expectantly, but Duncan hung in the wind.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The braided one fingered indecisively the broad brim of a gray sombrero.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • As he fingered the instrument his hands seemed to have become all eyes.
  • Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • He fingered the band on the stovepipe as if he saw it for the first time.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • She got up, so that she was on her knees, and fingered the lapels of his coat.
  • Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
  • He fingered his snowy stock, and bent upon her eyes of glowing adoration.
  • Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
  • The Italian fingered his tattered hat, his eyes on the ground.
  • Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
  • A humorous ballad is usually a thing to be fingered gingerly.
  • Extract from : « The Balladists » by John Geddie

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