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Meaning:

Noun:

  • (also finger pier) A walkway extending from a dock, an airport terminal, etc, used by passengers to board a waiting ship or aeroplane.
  • anatomy One of the long extremities of the hand. Sometimes excludes the thumb.
  • A piece of food resembling such an extremity.

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Verb:

  • music To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
  • music To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
  • transitive To identify or point out. Ex.: '''put the finger on''' To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in, to finger.
  • transitive To poke, probe, or fondle with a finger.

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