<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb</li><li>a part of a glove made to receive a finger</li><li>Zoology: a projection at the tip of an elephant’s trunk that facilitates dexterity essential for grasping: If there are two fingers, it must be an African elephant, as the Asian elephant has only one</li><li>the breadth of a finger as a unit of measurement; digit</li><li>the length of a finger: approximately 4½ inches (11 centimeters)</li><li>Slang: an informer or spy</li><li>something like a finger in form or use, as a projection or pointer: a finger of land leading out into the bay; the finger on the speedometer</li><li>any of various projecting parts of machines</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to touch with the fingers; toy or meddle with; handle: I couldn't refrain from fingering the beautiful silk scarves</li><li>to touch with the fingers so as to mar or spoil: Please don't finger the vegetables</li><li>to pilfer; filch</li><li>Music: to play on (an instrument) with the fingers</li><li>to perform or mark (a passage of music) with a certain fingering</li><li>Slang: to inform against or identify (a criminal) to the authorities: He fingered the man who robbed the bank</li><li>to designate as a victim, as of murder or other crime</li><li>Slang: Vulgar: to stimulate (the vagina or anus) for sexual gratification by penetration with one or more fingers</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used without object)</strong></p><ul><li>to touch or handle something with the fingers</li><li>to extend in or as in the shape of a finger: Landing piers finger out into the river along the city's shoreline</li></ul>