FINGERS

"FINGERS" is a plural of: finger.

Date "FINGERS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Dream Interpretation

Literature

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Contempt

Look down upon; hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect; think nothing of, think small beer of; make light of; underestimate; esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account; take no account of, care nothing for; set no store by; not care a straw, sneeze at; (unimportance); set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one;s fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, "damn with faint praise"; whistle at, sneer at; curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas; laugh at; (be disrespectful).

Defiance

Verb: defy, dare, beard; brave; (courage); bid defiance to; set at defiance, set at naught; hurl defiance at; dance the war dance, beat the war drums; snap the fingers at, laugh to scorn; disobey.

Desire

Phrase: the wish being father to the thought; sua cuique voluptas; hoc erat in votis, the mouth watering, the fingers itching; aut Caesar aut nullus.

Escape

Elude; make off; (avoid); march off; (go away); give one the slip; slip through the hands, slip through the fingers; slip the collar, wriggle out of prison, break out, break loose, break loose from prison; break away, slip away, get away; find vent, find a hole to creep out of.

Failure

Come to nothing, end in smoke; flat out ; fall to the ground, fall through, fall dead, fall stillborn, fall flat; slip through one's fingers; hang fire, miss fire; flash in the pan, collapse; topple down; (descent); go to wrack and ruin; (destruction).

Fewness

Adjective: few; scant, scanty; thin, rare, scattered, thinly scattered, spotty, few and far between, exiguous; infrequent; rari nantes; hardly any, scarcely any; to be counted on one's fingers; reduced; Verb: unrepeated.

Insolence

Verb: be insolent; Adjective: bluster, vapor, swagger, swell, give oneself airs, snap one's fingers, kick up a dust; swear; (affirm); rap out oaths; roister. arrogate; assume, presume; make bold, make free; take a liberty, give an inch and take an ell.

Knowledge

Know full well; have some knowledge of, possess some knowledge of; be au courant; Adjective: have in one's head, have at one' fingers ends; know by heart, know by rote; be master of; connaitre le dessous des cartes, know what's what.

Loss

Verb: lose; incur a loss, experience a loss, meet with a loss; miss; mislay, let slip, allow to slip through the fingers; be without; (exempt) a; forfeit.

Touch

Verb: touch, feel, handle, finger, thumb, paw, fumble, grope, grabble; twiddle, tweedle; pass the fingers over, run the fingers over; manipulate, wield; throw out a feeler.

Unimportance

Joke, jest, snap of the fingers; fudge; (unmeaning); fiddlestick, fiddlestick end; pack of nonsense, mere farce.

Unskillfulness

Phrase: one's fingers being all thumbs; the right hand forgets its cunning; il se noyerait dans une goutte d'eau; incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim; out of the frying pan into the fire; non omnia possumus omnes.

Not know what one is about, not know one's own interest, not know on which side one's bread is buttered; stand in one's own light, quarrel with one's bread and butter, throw a stone in one's own garden, kill the goose which lays the golden eggs, pay dear for one's whistle, cut one's own throat, bum one's fingers; knock one's head against a stone wall, beat one's head against a stone wall; fall into a trap, catch a Tartar, bring the house about one's ears; have too many eggs in one basket (imprudent), have too many irons in the fire.

Untimeliness

Lose an opportunity, throw away an opportunity, waste an opportunity, neglect; an opportunity; allow the opportunity to pass, suffer the opportunity to pass, allow the opportunity to slip, suffer the opportunity to slip, allow the opportunity to go by, suffer the opportunity to go by, allow the opportunity to escape, suffer the opportunity to escape, allow the opportunity to lapse, suffer the opportunity to lapse, allow the occasion to pass, allow the occasion to slip by; waste time; (be inactive); let slip through the fingers, lock the barn door after the horse is stolen.

Crosswords: FINGERS

How many fingers do you see (Patch Adams; writing credit: Patch Adams; Maureen Mylander)

Well, then you can swallow it, and it'll all dissolve see, and the moonbeams would shoot out of your fingers and your toes and the ends of your hair am I talking too much (It's a Wonderful Life; writing credit: Philip Van Doren Stern; Frances Goodrich)

I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

No, she taught me not to piss on my fingers. (Crimes of Passion; writing credit: Barry Sandler)

Sometimes when you grease the palm, it makes the fingers slippery (Dark Angel; writing credit: Ben Aaronovitch; Mark Ezra)

I'm so still, I just can't keep my fingers out of anything (Falling For The First Time; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies)

Played it til my fingers bled (Summer Of '69; performing artist: Bryan Adams)

We got our dirty little fingers in everybody's pie (Dirty Laundry; performing artist: Don Henley)

Chill, is it something real, Or the magic I'm feeding off your fingers (Come Undone; performing artist: Duran Duran)

The hands that run their fingers through my hair (If You Love Me (Let Me Know); performing artist: Elvis Presley)

Next time you wave, use all your fingers. (references; author: unknown)

On the other hand, you have different fingers. (references; author: unknown)

Before you point your fingers, be sure your hands are clean. (references; author: unknown)

Why do gorillas have big nostrils?  Because they have big fingers. (references; author: unknown)

Don't let your life slip through your fingers by living in the past or for the future. (references; author: unknown)

Ten Fingers of Steel (1973)

Keep Your Fingers Crossed (1971)

Sticky Fingers (1966)

Five Fingers (1959)

Light Fingers (1957)

Snap Your Fingers (performing artist: Joe Henderson)

Snap Your Fingers (performing artist: Ronnie Milsap)

Dizzy Fingers (performing artist: Jimmy Sturr)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Fish Fingers Children’s Meals (reference)

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Books

• Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb (Bright & Early Board Books) (reference)

• Slim Fingers Beckon (reference)

• At the Water's Edge: Fish With Fingers, Whales With Legs, and How Life Came Ashore but Then Went Back to Sea (reference)

• Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit (reference)

• Beachside Entries ; Specific Ghosts: Stories (Five Fingers Press Book Series ; #2) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Fork Fingers & Chopsticks (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Master With Cracked Fingers (reference)

• Itchy Fingers (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Murder and Mayhem: Suites from The Lodger (1944 Film) / The Beast With Five Fingers (1946 Film) / The Uninvited (1944 Film) [3 on 1] [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Cow Fingers & Mosquito Pie (reference)

• Nimble Fingers [IMPORT] (reference)

• Sticky Fingers (reference)

• Use Your Fingers [EXPLICIT LYRICS] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Polydactylia, a congenital abnormality with the occurrence of extra fingers or toes, is due to errors in the process of fetal development, and can usually be corrected by surgery. Credit: CDC.

Carrying the fire bucket for cold fingers and frozen fountain pens Level party of William Gibson. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Five Fingers Lighthouse in Frederick Sound. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The lobster's large claw can crush crabs, clams and fingers. Homarus americanus. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).

Scenic view of the 3 Fingers Area. Credit: Unknown.

Tremor Examination Extended Fingers : School Of Aviation Medicine. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

A therapist trying to restore the use of a patient's rheumatic fingers. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by T. Frakas..

A rush of anger surged across him : he twisted furiously, but the iron fingers held. Credit: Library of Congress.

Then the cold fingers left his wrist, and crept slowly upward toward his throat. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Now keep your fingers crossed". Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

She had ceased playing, but her fingers still wandered fitfully over the keys

After I am dead it will take fine fingers to pinch me.

He told his fingers to hurry up.

Ma rubbed the sides of her mouth with her fingers, and her eyes were far away and lost, dead with weariness

Their fingers, from excessive toil, are too clumsy and tremble too much for that

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

The hand pain is often most severe in the fourth and fifth fingers. (references)

Anomalies of the hands, fingers, or toes, muscle spasms, and seizures may also occur. (references)

Their arms, legs, fingers, and toes may be disproportionately long in relation to the rest of their body. (references)

Human Rights

Morocco

El-Kihal alleged that security forces in the Gendarmerie of Taouriate (Oujda province) tortured him for almost 24 hours, suspending him by his arms for extended periods while beating his fingers and feet. (references)

Burma

There are credible first-hand reports that, during interrogations, officials place metal rods between prisoners' fingers and squeeze them in an attempt to injure the prisoners' hands, and pour hot wax on prisoners' backs. (references)

Libya

Methods of torture reportedly include: Chaining to a wall for hours; clubbing; applying electric shock; applying corkscrews to the back; pouring lemon juice in open wounds; breaking fingers and allowing the joints to heal without medical care; suffocating with plastic bags; depriving of food and water; hanging by the wrists; suspending from a pole inserted between the knees and elbows; burning with cigarettes; attacking with dogs; and beating on the soles of the feet. (references)

Minorities

Slovak Republic

On September 30, a group of approximately 50 skinheads attacked a 20-year-old Roma, Marek Balasz; he was hospitalized with a concussion and several broken fingers. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "FINGERS": allow to slip through the fingers ♦ bulb fingers ♦ butter fingers ♦ click one's fingers ♦ cobol fingers ♦ crack fingers ♦ crack one's fingers ♦ Devil's fingers ♦ drum one's fingers ♦ fingers and toes ♦ fingers of the hand ♦ fish fingers ♦ get one's fingers burnt ♦ get one's fingers caught ♦ green fingers ♦ have a thing at one's fingers ends ♦ have green fingers ♦ his fingers are all thumbs ♦ i caught my fingers in the door ♦ keep one's fingers crossed ♦ keep one's fingers crossed for smb. ♦ ladies' fingers ♦ lady's fingers ♦ let slip through the fingers ♦ lick one's fingers ♦ one's fingers being all thumbs ♦ sausage fingers ♦ slip through one's fingers ♦ snap one's fingers ♦ snap one's fingers at ♦ snap one's fingers at smb. ♦ the fingers itching ♦ to be counted on one's fingers ♦ To burn one's fingers ♦ with five fingers ♦ Zinc Fingers. Additional references.

Ending with "FINGERS": bone-fingers, butter-fingers, dead-man's-fingers, dead-men's-fingers, fairy-fingers, fish-fingers, musician-fingers, zn-fingers.

Arabic 

‏أصابع اليد (fingers of the hand). (various references)

Bulgarian 

кьопав човек (butter fingers), пръсти като кебапчета (sausage fingers). (various references)

Chinese 

拶 (punish by squeezing fingers), 搓 (to rub or roll between the hands or fingers, to twist). (various references)

Czech

lusknout prsty (crack fingers), lusknout (click, click one's fingers, snap), držet komu palce (keep one's fingers crossed), bubnovat prsty (drum one's fingers, tattoo). (various references)

Danish

fiskekroketter (fish fingers), tulipaneczem (bulb fingers, fingertip fissured dermatitis, tulip eczema, tulip finger), perlesnorsfinger (moniliform fingers, thickening of the phalangeal diaphysis), bursa subcutaneae digitorum dorsales (dorsal subcutaneous bursae of the fingers), blå læber eller blå negle på fingrene (blue lips or fingers nails). (various references)

Dutch

Perlschnurfinger (moniliform fingers, thickening of the phalangeal diaphysis), blauwe lippen of nagels (blue lips or fingers nails). (various references)

Finnish

viitata kintaalla (snap one's fingers), livahtaa jonkun käsistä (slip through somebody's fingers), kalapuikko (fish fingers, fish sticks(U.S.A.)), hänellä on peukalo keskellä kämmentä (his fingers are all thumbs). (various references)

French

digitale (finger). (various references)

German

Finger (dactyl, digit, finger). (various references)

Greek 

κυάνωση των χειλιών ή των άκρων δακτύλων του χεριού (blue lips or fingers nails), κομβολογιοειδή δάκτυλα (moniliform fingers, thickening of the phalangeal diaphysis), ιχθυοκροκέττες (fish fingers, fish sticks(U.S.A.)), διόγκωσις από φαλαγγική διάφυση (moniliform fingers, thickening of the phalangeal diaphysis), ψαροκροκέττες (fish fingers, fish sticks(U.S.A.)). (various references)

Hungarian

ujjak. (various references)

Italian

dito (dactyl, digit, finger). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

手先 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

てさき. (various references)

Manx

meir. (various references)

Pig Latin

ingersfay.(various references)

Portuguese

lábios ou unhas azuis (blue lips or fingers nails). (various references)

Romanian

plesni din degete (crack one's fingers, snap one's fingers), neîndemânatic (awkward, awkwardly, buckram, butter fingers, butter-fingered, clumsily, clumsy, fumbling, gawky, inapt, left handed, lubberly, maladroit, uncouth, ungainly, unskilful, unversed), mi-am prins degetele în uşã (I caught my fingers in the door), lua pe cineva la vale (snap one's fingers at smb.), e neîndemânatic (his fingers are all thumbs), cu cinci degete (with five fingers), şti ceva pe degete (have a thing at one's fingers ends), a-i scãpa printre degete (slip through one's fingers), a-şi linge degetele (lick one's fingers). (various references)

Russian 

толстые короткие пальцы (fat fingers). (various references)

Scottish

sprùdan. (various references)

Spanish

los dedos. (various references)

Swedish

få fingrarna emellan (get one's fingers caught), hålla tummarna för ngn (keep one's fingers crossed for smb.), getväppling (kidney vetch, ladies' fingers, lady's finger). (various references)

Turkish

umursamamak (be disregardful of, not care a button, not to care, not to care twopence for, not to give a damn, snap one's fingers at), sakar kimse (butter fingers, butterfingers, gawk), parmaklarını şıklatmak (snap one's fingers), parmaklarını çıtlatmak (snap one's fingers), iyi çiçek yetiştirmek (have green fingers, have green thumb), hiçe saymak (challenge, disregard, pay no attention, set at naught, set at nought, slight, snap one's fingers at, spurn, swamp, upstage), balık kroket (fish fingers), çok beceriksizdir (he is all thumbs, his fingers are all thumbs), çiçek yetiştirme yeteneği (green fingers, green thumb). (various references)

Turkmen 

pitikilemek (click one's tongue, snap one's fingers). (various references)

Ukrainian

розтяпа (butter fingers, stick in the mud). (various references)

Vietnamese 

yếm cua (dead man's fingers). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words ending with "FINGERS": befingers, butterfingers, forefingers, ladyfingers, wharfingers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"FINGERS" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Fagner, femgems, Figges, figner, finers, Fingari, Fingas, fingere, fingerse, fingersss, fingery, fingher, finguer, finkers, finners, Fongeru, ingers, Inggeriss, pingers. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: fringes.

-1 letter: feigns, finger, fringe, griefs, infers, reigns, renigs, resign, sering, signer, singer.

-2 letters: feign, ferns, finer, fines, fires, firns, fries, frigs, frise, girns, grief, grins, infer, neifs, reifs, reign, reins, renig, resin, rings, rinse, risen, segni, sengi, serif, serin, singe, siren.

-3 letters: egis, engs, ergs, erns, fens, fern, figs, fine, fins, fire, firn, firs.

+1 letter: feigners, flingers, freshing, gunfires, refusing.

+2 letters: befingers, befringes, briefings, enserfing, farseeing, festering, figurines, finaglers, fingerers, firefangs, florigens, foresting, forewings, fostering, frescoing, frightens, fringiest, hangfires, infringes, nigrifies, offerings, perfusing, resifting, seafaring, signifier, suffering.

+3 letters: anglerfish, configures, defrosting, ferretings, fingerings, fingerpost, fingertips, fishmonger, flustering, folksinger, foreigners, foreignism, foreseeing, fosterling, freebasing, freshening, frigidness, gentrifies, greenflies, infighters, infringers, kingfisher, magnifiers, presifting, presignify, professing, refocusing, refreshing, reinfusing, restaffing, restuffing, seafarings, signifiers, sufferings, surfeiting, versifying.