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
- 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
Antonyms for fingered
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