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finger/English/verb

2: finger/English/verb: invalid uppercase tag General-American not in or uppercase_tags: {"categories": ["English autohyponyms", "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms derived from Middle English", "English terms derived from Old English", "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic", "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European", "English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic", "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *pénkʷe", "English terms inherited from Middle English", "English verbs", "Entries with translation boxes", "Pages with 12 entries", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:English/ɪŋɡə(ɹ)", "Rhymes:English/ɪŋɡə(ɹ)/2 syllables", "Terms with Arabic translations", "Terms with Armenian translations", "Terms with Azerbaijani translations", "Terms with Bulgarian translations", "Terms with Catalan translations", "Terms with Czech translations", "Terms with Danish translations", "Terms with Dutch translations", "Terms with Esperanto translations", "Terms with Finnish translations", "Terms with French translations", "Terms with Gan translations", "Terms with German translations", "Terms with Greek translations", "Terms with Hungarian translations", "Terms with Icelandic translations", "Terms with Italian translations", "Terms with Macedonian translations", "Terms with Mandarin translations", "Terms with Maori translations", "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations", "Terms with Occitan translations", "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations", "Terms with Portuguese translations", "Terms with Russian translations", "Terms with Sicilian translations", "Terms with Slovak translations", "Terms with Spanish translations", "Terms with Swedish translations", "Terms with Turkish translations", "Terms with Vietnamese translations", "Terms with Zazaki translations", "en:Fingers", "en:Masturbation", "en:Plantain family plants", "en:Sex"], "etymology_templates": [{"args": {"1": "en", "2": "pénkʷe"}, "expansion": "PIE word\n *pénkʷe", "name": "PIE word"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "enm", "3": "fynger"}, "expansion": "Middle English fynger", "name": "inh"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ang", "3": "finger", "4": "", "5": "finger"}, "expansion": "Old English finger (“finger”)", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "gmw-pro", "3": "*fingr"}, "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *fingr", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "gem-pro", "3": "*fingraz", "4": "", "5": "finger"}, "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *fingraz (“finger”)", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "en", "2": "ine-pro", "3": "*penkʷrós"}, "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós", "name": "der"}, {"args": {"1": "fy", "2": "finger"}, "expansion": "West Frisian finger", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "de", "2": "Finger"}, "expansion": "German Finger", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "nl", "2": "vinger"}, "expansion": "Dutch vinger", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "da,no,sv", "2": "finger"}, "expansion": "Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish finger", "name": "cog"}, {"args": {"1": "xcl", "2": "հինգերորդ", "3": "հինգեր-որդ", "4": "fifth"}, "expansion": "Old Armenian հինգեր-որդ (hinger-ord, “fifth”)", "name": "cog"}], "etymology_text": "PIE word\n *pénkʷe\nFrom Middle English fynger, finger, from Old English finger (“finger”), from Proto-West Germanic *fingr, from Proto-Germanic *fingraz (“finger”), from Proto-Indo-European *penkʷrós, from *pénkʷe (“five”). Compare West Frisian finger, Low German/German Finger, Dutch vinger, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish finger; also Old Armenian հինգեր-որդ (hinger-ord, “fifth”). More at five.", "forms": [{"form": "fingers", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "fingering", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fingered", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fingered", "tags": ["past"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "finger (third-person singular simple present fingers, present participle fingering, simple past and past participle fingered)", "name": "en-verb"}], "hyphenation": ["fin‧ger"], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "related": [{"word": "artiodactyl"}, {"word": "dactyl"}, {"word": "dactylography"}, {"word": "dactylology"}, {"word": "fist"}, {"word": "macrodactyly"}, {"word": "perissodactyl"}, {"word": "prestidigitation"}, {"word": "pterodactyl"}], "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 6, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:", "text": "This makes it quite difficult to finger specific gene variants, since any one variant contributes only tiny effects.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2018 January, “Wild Things”, in North and South:", "text": "I'm rose-tinting my teenage years, for sure, but Twenge isn't the only generational-change researcher to finger the ubiquitous smartphone for contributing to higher rates of teen depression and anxiety.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To identify or point out; to blame for something."], "links": [["identify", "identify"], ["point out", "point out"], ["blame", "blame"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To identify or point out; to blame for something."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on."], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on."], "synonyms": [{"word": "put the finger on"}, {"word": "rat on"}, {"word": "rat out"}, {"word": "squeal on"}, {"word": "tattle on"}, {"word": "turn in"}, {"word": "rat out"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English links with manual fragments", "English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:", "text": "Goe, get you gone: and let the papers lye: / You would be fingring them, to anger me.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, (please specify the page number(s)):", "text": "\"They have done a foolish thing,\" said I, fingering my wineglass.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 121:", "text": "Alladad Khan, left alone, dandled unhandily his child in unfatherly arms. He wanted to finger his moustache, but could not.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2009, Win Blevins, Dreams Beneath Your Feet, page 135:", "text": "Feeling tender around the face, she fingered herself gingerly. Yes, it was swollen, very sore around the cheekbones, with dried blood on the outsides of her eye sockets, below her nostrils, and below one ear.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers."], "links": [["poke", "poke"], ["probe", "probe"], ["feel", "feel"], ["fondle", "fondle"], ["finger", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers."], "senseid": ["en:touch or manipulate with the fingers"], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sex"], "examples": [{"ref": "2007, Madeline Bastinado, A Talent for Surrender, page 201:", "text": "She fingered him, spreading the gel and sliding the tip of her finger inside him.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2008, Thomas Wainwright, editor, Erotic Tales, page 56:", "text": "She smiled, a look of amazement on her face, as if thinking that maybe this was the cock that she had been fantasizing about just now, as she fingered herself to a massive, body-engulfing orgasm.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus."], "links": [["sex", "sex"], ["finger", "#Noun"], ["penetrate", "penetrate"], ["sexually", "sexually"], ["stimulate", "stimulate"], ["vulva", "vulva"], ["vagina", "vagina"], ["anus", "anus"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sex) To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus."], "synonyms": [{"word": "fingerbang"}, {"word": "fingerfuck"}], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["lifestyle", "sex", "sexuality"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs", "en:Music"], "glosses": ["To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument."], "links": [["music", "music"], ["finger", "#Noun"], ["position", "position"], ["note", "note"], ["musical instrument", "musical instrument"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, music) To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["entertainment", "lifestyle", "music"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs", "en:Music"], "glosses": ["To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages."], "links": [["music", "music"], ["instructions", "instructions"], ["finger", "#Noun"], ["note", "note"], ["passage", "passage"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages."], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["entertainment", "lifestyle", "music"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Internet"], "examples": [{"ref": "1996, Marc Saltzman, Sean McFadden, Internet Games Directory, Lycos Press, →ISBN, page 29:", "text": "There is also a hot-link to \"finger\" the guys at id to see what they're working on next (John Carmack, John Cash […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1996, Yves Bellefeuille, “List of useful freeware”, in comp.archives.msdos.d (Usenet):", "text": "PGP mail welcome (finger me for my key).", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol."], "links": [["Internet", "Internet"], ["query", "query"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, Internet) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol."], "tags": ["Internet", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with obsolete senses", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:", "text": "in the dark / Grop'd I to finde out them; had my desire, / Finger'd their Packet, and in fine, withdrew / To mine owne roome againe,", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To steal; to purloin."], "links": [["steal", "steal"], ["purloin", "purloin"]], "raw_glosses": ["(obsolete) To steal; to purloin."], "tags": ["obsolete"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with obsolete senses", "English transitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To execute, as any delicate work."], "links": [["execute", "execute"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, obsolete) To execute, as any delicate work."], "tags": ["obsolete", "transitive"]}], "sounds": [{"ipa": "/ˈfɪŋɡə/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"enpr": "fĭngʹ-gər", "tags": ["General-American"]}, {"ipa": "/ˈfɪŋɡəɹ/", "tags": ["General-American"]}, {"audio": "En-us-finger.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-us-finger.ogg/En-us-finger.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-us-finger.ogg"}, {"ipa": "/ˈfɪŋəɹ/", "tags": ["Scotland"]}, {"rhymes": "-ɪŋɡə(ɹ)"}], "translations": [{"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "matnanšel", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "մատնանշել"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "posočvam", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочвам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "ioh⁶", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "約 /约"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "udpege"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pege på"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "aanwijzen"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "osoittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "näyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pointer"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ypodeiknýo", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "υποδεικνύω"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "mutat"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "rámutat"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "pokažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "покажува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "posočuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "ukažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "укажува"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apontar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ukazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "указа́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pokazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "показа́ть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "nnicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "sincaliari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apuntar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "señalar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "peka ut"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "utpeka"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret etmek"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ ra"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ đến"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret kerden"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to poke", "word": "barmaqlamaq"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "pipam", "sense": "to poke", "word": "пипам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "nien", "sense": "to poke", "word": "拈"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingerere"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "famle ved"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to poke", "word": "porren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "sormeilla"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "näpelöidä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hivellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tripoter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "psilafízo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ψηλαφίζω"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "paspatévo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "πασπατεύω"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tocassejar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chaspar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "patejar"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "parmaklamak", "sense": "to poke", "word": "پرمقلمق"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "cutucar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "tknutʹ", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ткнуть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scummàttiri"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scuncicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "stuzzinijari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hurgar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "peta"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "parmak atmak"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chọc"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "đâm"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to poke", "word": "gışt kuwen"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṣabbaʕa", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "صَبَّعَ"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhǐjiāo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "指交"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "give finger"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "vingeren"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingrumi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sormettaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingern"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vázo dáchtylo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "βάζω δάχτυλο"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "ujjaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "putta"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sgrillettare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fare un ditalino"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detejar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sbrijinziari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sfissijari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "nfilari i jita"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstiť"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedear"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "pulla"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "parmaklamak"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "gışt eşten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "pokipoki"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "ploğnayen"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "digitar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "angive fingersætning i"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "đánh"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "bấm (a)"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "ghi cách bấm (b)"}], "word": "finger"}
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Compare West Frisian finger, Low German/German Finger, Dutch vinger, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish finger; also Old Armenian հինգեր-որդ (hinger-ord, “fifth”). More at five.", "forms": [{"form": "fingers", "tags": ["present", "singular", "third-person"]}, {"form": "fingering", "tags": ["participle", "present"]}, {"form": "fingered", "tags": ["participle", "past"]}, {"form": "fingered", "tags": ["past"]}], "head_templates": [{"args": {}, "expansion": "finger (third-person singular simple present fingers, present participle fingering, simple past and past participle fingered)", "name": "en-verb"}], "hyphenation": ["fin‧ger"], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "verb", "related": [{"word": "artiodactyl"}, {"word": "dactyl"}, {"word": "dactylography"}, {"word": "dactylology"}, {"word": "fist"}, {"word": "macrodactyly"}, {"word": "perissodactyl"}, {"word": "prestidigitation"}, {"word": "pterodactyl"}], "senses": [{"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 6, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:", "text": "This makes it quite difficult to finger specific gene variants, since any one variant contributes only tiny effects.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2018 January, “Wild Things”, in North and South:", "text": "I'm rose-tinting my teenage years, for sure, but Twenge isn't the only generational-change researcher to finger the ubiquitous smartphone for contributing to higher rates of teen depression and anxiety.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To identify or point out; to blame for something."], "links": [["identify", "identify"], ["point out", "point out"], ["blame", "blame"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To identify or point out; to blame for something."], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on."], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on."], "synonyms": [{"word": "put the finger on"}, {"word": "rat on"}, {"word": "rat out"}, {"word": "squeal on"}, {"word": "tattle on"}, {"word": "turn in"}, {"word": "rat out"}], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English links with manual fragments", "English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs"], "examples": [{"ref": "c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:", "text": "Goe, get you gone: and let the papers lye: / You would be fingring them, to anger me.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1895–1897, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, published 1898, →OCLC, (please specify the page number(s)):", "text": "\"They have done a foolish thing,\" said I, fingering my wineglass.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 121:", "text": "Alladad Khan, left alone, dandled unhandily his child in unfatherly arms. He wanted to finger his moustache, but could not.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2009, Win Blevins, Dreams Beneath Your Feet, page 135:", "text": "Feeling tender around the face, she fingered herself gingerly. Yes, it was swollen, very sore around the cheekbones, with dried blood on the outsides of her eye sockets, below her nostrils, and below one ear.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers."], "links": [["poke", "poke"], ["probe", "probe"], ["feel", "feel"], ["fondle", "fondle"], ["finger", "#Noun"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive) To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers."], "senseid": ["en:touch or manipulate with the fingers"], "tags": ["transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with quotations", "English transitive verbs", "en:Sex"], "examples": [{"ref": "2007, Madeline Bastinado, A Talent for Surrender, page 201:", "text": "She fingered him, spreading the gel and sliding the tip of her finger inside him.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2008, Thomas Wainwright, editor, Erotic Tales, page 56:", "text": "She smiled, a look of amazement on her face, as if thinking that maybe this was the cock that she had been fantasizing about just now, as she fingered herself to a massive, body-engulfing orgasm.", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus."], "links": [["sex", "sex"], ["finger", "#Noun"], ["penetrate", "penetrate"], ["sexually", "sexually"], ["stimulate", "stimulate"], ["vulva", "vulva"], ["vagina", "vagina"], ["anus", "anus"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, sex) To use the fingers to penetrate or sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus."], "synonyms": [{"word": "fingerbang"}, {"word": "fingerfuck"}], "tags": ["transitive"], "topics": ["lifestyle", "sex", "sexuality"]}, {"categories": ["English transitive verbs", "en:Music"], "glosses": ["To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument."], "links": [["music", "music"], ["finger", "#Noun"], ["position", "position"], ["note", "note"], ["musical instrument", "musical instrument"]], "raw_glosses": 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to see what they're working on next (John Carmack, John Cash […]", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "1996, Yves Bellefeuille, “List of useful freeware”, in comp.archives.msdos.d (Usenet):", "text": "PGP mail welcome (finger me for my key).", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol."], "links": [["Internet", "Internet"], ["query", "query"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, Internet) To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol."], "tags": ["Internet", "transitive"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with obsolete senses", "English terms with quotations"], "examples": [{"ref": "c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]:", "text": "in the dark / Grop'd I to finde out them; had my desire, / Finger'd their Packet, and in fine, withdrew / To mine owne roome againe,", "type": "quote"}], "glosses": ["To steal; to purloin."], "links": [["steal", "steal"], ["purloin", "purloin"]], "raw_glosses": ["(obsolete) To steal; to purloin."], "tags": ["obsolete"]}, {"categories": ["English terms with obsolete senses", "English transitive verbs"], "glosses": ["To execute, as any delicate work."], "links": [["execute", "execute"]], "raw_glosses": ["(transitive, obsolete) To execute, as any delicate work."], "tags": ["obsolete", "transitive"]}], "sounds": [{"ipa": "/ˈfɪŋɡə/", "tags": ["Received-Pronunciation"]}, {"enpr": "fĭngʹ-gər", "tags": ["General-American"]}, {"ipa": "/ˈfɪŋɡəɹ/", "tags": ["General-American"]}, {"audio": "En-us-finger.ogg", "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d3/En-us-finger.ogg/En-us-finger.ogg.mp3", "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/En-us-finger.ogg"}, {"ipa": "/ˈfɪŋəɹ/", "tags": ["Scotland"]}, {"rhymes": "-ɪŋɡə(ɹ)"}], "translations": [{"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "matnanšel", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "մատնանշել"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "posočvam", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочвам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "ioh⁶", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "約 /约"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "udpege"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pege på"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "aanwijzen"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "osoittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "näyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pointer"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ypodeiknýo", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "υποδεικνύω"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "mutat"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "rámutat"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "pokažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "покажува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "posočuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "ukažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "укажува"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apontar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ukazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "указа́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pokazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "показа́ть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "nnicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "sincaliari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apuntar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "señalar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "peka ut"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "utpeka"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret etmek"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ ra"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ đến"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret kerden"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to poke", "word": "barmaqlamaq"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "pipam", "sense": "to poke", "word": "пипам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "nien", "sense": "to poke", "word": "拈"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingerere"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "famle ved"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to poke", "word": "porren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "sormeilla"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "näpelöidä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hivellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tripoter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "psilafízo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ψηλαφίζω"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "paspatévo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "πασπατεύω"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tocassejar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chaspar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "patejar"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "parmaklamak", "sense": "to poke", "word": "پرمقلمق"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "cutucar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "tknutʹ", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ткнуть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scummàttiri"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scuncicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "stuzzinijari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hurgar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "peta"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "parmak atmak"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chọc"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "đâm"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to poke", "word": "gışt kuwen"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṣabbaʕa", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "صَبَّعَ"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhǐjiāo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "指交"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "give finger"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "vingeren"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingrumi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sormettaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingern"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vázo dáchtylo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "βάζω δάχτυλο"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "ujjaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "putta"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sgrillettare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fare un ditalino"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detejar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sbrijinziari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sfissijari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "nfilari i jita"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstiť"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedear"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "pulla"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "parmaklamak"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "gışt eşten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "pokipoki"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "ploğnayen"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "digitar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "angive fingersætning i"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "đánh"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "bấm (a)"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "ghi cách bấm (b)"}], "word": "finger"}

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He wanted to finger his moustache, but could not.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2009, Win Blevins, Dreams Beneath Your Feet, page 135:", "text": "Feeling tender around the face, she fingered herself gingerly. 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[{"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "matnanšel", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "մատնանշել"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "posočvam", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочвам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "ioh⁶", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "約 /约"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "udpege"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pege på"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "aanwijzen"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "osoittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "näyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pointer"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ypodeiknýo", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "υποδεικνύω"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "mutat"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "rámutat"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "pokažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "покажува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "posočuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "ukažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "укажува"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apontar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ukazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "указа́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pokazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "показа́ть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "nnicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "sincaliari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apuntar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "señalar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "peka ut"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "utpeka"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret etmek"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ ra"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ đến"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret kerden"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to poke", "word": "barmaqlamaq"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "pipam", "sense": "to poke", "word": "пипам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "nien", "sense": "to poke", "word": "拈"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingerere"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "famle ved"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to poke", "word": "porren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "sormeilla"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "näpelöidä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hivellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tripoter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "psilafízo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ψηλαφίζω"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "paspatévo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "πασπατεύω"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tocassejar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chaspar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "patejar"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "parmaklamak", "sense": "to poke", "word": "پرمقلمق"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "cutucar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "tknutʹ", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ткнуть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scummàttiri"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scuncicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "stuzzinijari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hurgar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "peta"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "parmak atmak"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chọc"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "đâm"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to poke", "word": "gışt kuwen"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṣabbaʕa", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "صَبَّعَ"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhǐjiāo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "指交"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "give finger"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "vingeren"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingrumi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sormettaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingern"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vázo dáchtylo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "βάζω δάχτυλο"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "ujjaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "putta"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sgrillettare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fare un ditalino"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detejar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sbrijinziari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sfissijari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "nfilari i jita"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstiť"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedear"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "pulla"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "parmaklamak"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "gışt eşten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "pokipoki"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "ploğnayen"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "digitar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "angive fingersætning i"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "đánh"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "bấm (a)"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions 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He wanted to finger his moustache, but could not.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2009, Win Blevins, Dreams Beneath Your Feet, page 135:", "text": "Feeling tender around the face, she fingered herself gingerly. 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[{"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "matnanšel", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "մատնանշել"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "posočvam", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочвам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "ioh⁶", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "約 /约"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "udpege"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pege på"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "aanwijzen"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "osoittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "näyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pointer"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ypodeiknýo", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "υποδεικνύω"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "mutat"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "rámutat"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "pokažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "покажува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "posočuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "ukažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "укажува"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apontar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ukazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "указа́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pokazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "показа́ть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "nnicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "sincaliari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apuntar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "señalar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "peka ut"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "utpeka"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret etmek"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ ra"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ đến"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret kerden"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to poke", "word": "barmaqlamaq"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "pipam", "sense": "to poke", "word": "пипам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "nien", "sense": "to poke", "word": "拈"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingerere"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "famle ved"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to poke", "word": "porren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "sormeilla"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "näpelöidä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hivellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tripoter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "psilafízo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ψηλαφίζω"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "paspatévo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "πασπατεύω"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tocassejar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chaspar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "patejar"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "parmaklamak", "sense": "to poke", "word": "پرمقلمق"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "cutucar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "tknutʹ", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ткнуть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scummàttiri"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scuncicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "stuzzinijari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hurgar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "peta"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "parmak atmak"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chọc"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "đâm"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to poke", "word": "gışt kuwen"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṣabbaʕa", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "صَبَّعَ"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhǐjiāo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "指交"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "give finger"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "vingeren"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingrumi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sormettaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingern"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vázo dáchtylo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "βάζω δάχτυλο"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "ujjaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "putta"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sgrillettare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fare un ditalino"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detejar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sbrijinziari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sfissijari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "nfilari i jita"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstiť"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedear"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "pulla"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "parmaklamak"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "gışt eşten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "pokipoki"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "ploğnayen"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "digitar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "angive fingersætning i"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "đánh"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "bấm (a)"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions 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He wanted to finger his moustache, but could not.", "type": "quote"}, {"ref": "2009, Win Blevins, Dreams Beneath Your Feet, page 135:", "text": "Feeling tender around the face, she fingered herself gingerly. 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[{"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "matnanšel", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "մատնանշել"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "posočvam", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочвам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "ioh⁶", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "約 /约"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "udpege"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pege på"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "aanwijzen"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "osoittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "näyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pointer"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ypodeiknýo", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "υποδεικνύω"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "mutat"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "rámutat"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "pokažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "покажува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "posočuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "ukažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "укажува"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apontar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ukazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "указа́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pokazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "показа́ть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "nnicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "sincaliari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apuntar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "señalar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "peka ut"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "utpeka"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret etmek"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ ra"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ đến"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret kerden"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to poke", "word": "barmaqlamaq"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "pipam", "sense": "to poke", "word": "пипам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "nien", "sense": "to poke", "word": "拈"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingerere"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "famle ved"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to poke", "word": "porren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "sormeilla"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "näpelöidä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hivellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tripoter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "psilafízo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ψηλαφίζω"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "paspatévo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "πασπατεύω"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tocassejar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chaspar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "patejar"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "parmaklamak", "sense": "to poke", "word": "پرمقلمق"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "cutucar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "tknutʹ", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ткнуть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scummàttiri"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scuncicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "stuzzinijari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hurgar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "peta"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "parmak atmak"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chọc"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "đâm"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to poke", "word": "gışt kuwen"}, {"code": "ar", "lang": "Arabic", "roman": "ṣabbaʕa", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "صَبَّعَ"}, {"code": "cmn", "lang": "Chinese Mandarin", "roman": "zhǐjiāo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "指交"}, {"code": "cs", "lang": "Czech", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstit"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "give finger"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "vingeren"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingrumi"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sormettaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingern"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vázo dáchtylo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "βάζω δάχτυλο"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "ujjaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "putta"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sgrillettare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fare un ditalino"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detejar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sbrijinziari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sfissijari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "nfilari i jita"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstiť"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedear"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "pulla"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "parmaklamak"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "gışt eşten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "pokipoki"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a 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[{"code": "hy", "lang": "Armenian", "roman": "matnanšel", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "մատնանշել"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "posočvam", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочвам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "ioh⁶", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "約 /约"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "udpege"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pege på"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "aanwijzen"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "osoittaa"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "näyttää"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "pointer"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "ypodeiknýo", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "υποδεικνύω"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "mutat"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "rámutat"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "pokažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "покажува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "posočuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "посочува"}, {"code": "mk", "lang": "Macedonian", "roman": "ukažuva", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "укажува"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apontar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "ukazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "указа́ть"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "pokazátʹ", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "показа́ть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "nnicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "sincaliari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "apuntar"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "señalar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "peka ut"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "utpeka"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret etmek"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ ra"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "chỉ đến"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to identify or point out", "word": "işaret kerden"}, {"code": "az", "lang": "Azerbaijani", "sense": "to poke", "word": "barmaqlamaq"}, {"code": "bg", "lang": "Bulgarian", "roman": "pipam", "sense": "to poke", "word": "пипам"}, {"code": "gan", "lang": "Gan Chinese", "roman": "nien", "sense": "to poke", "word": "拈"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingerere"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "famle ved"}, {"code": "nl", "lang": "Dutch", "sense": "to poke", "word": "porren"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "sormeilla"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "näpelöidä"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hivellä"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tripoter"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "psilafízo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ψηλαφίζω"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "paspatévo", "sense": "to poke", "word": "πασπατεύω"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "tocassejar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chaspar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to poke", "word": "patejar"}, {"code": "ota", "lang": "Ottoman Turkish", "roman": "parmaklamak", "sense": "to poke", "word": "پرمقلمق"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "cutucar"}, {"code": "ru", "lang": "Russian", "roman": "tknutʹ", "sense": "to poke", "word": "ткнуть"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scummàttiri"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "scuncicari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to poke", "word": "stuzzinijari"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "hurgar"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "fingra"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "peta"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to poke", "word": "parmak atmak"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "chọc"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to poke", "word": "đâm"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to 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and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "de", "lang": "German", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingern"}, {"code": "el", "lang": "Greek", "roman": "vázo dáchtylo", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "βάζω δάχτυλο"}, {"code": "hu", "lang": "Hungarian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "ujjaz"}, {"code": "is", "lang": "Icelandic", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "putta"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sgrillettare"}, {"code": "it", "lang": "Italian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fare un ditalino"}, {"code": "nb", "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "fingre"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detar"}, {"code": "oc", "lang": "Occitan", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "detejar"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sbrijinziari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "sfissijari"}, {"code": "scn", "lang": "Sicilian", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "nfilari i jita"}, {"code": "sk", "lang": "Slovak", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "tags": ["imperfective"], "word": "prstiť"}, {"code": "es", "lang": "Spanish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "dedear"}, {"code": "sv", "lang": "Swedish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "pulla"}, {"code": "tr", "lang": "Turkish", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "parmaklamak"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to penetrate and sexually stimulate with one's finger", "word": "gışt eşten"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "mi", "lang": "Maori", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "pokipoki"}, {"code": "pt", "lang": "Portuguese", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "dedilhar"}, {"code": "zza", "lang": "Zazaki", "sense": "to use specified finger positions to produce notes on a musical instrument", "word": "ploğnayen"}, {"code": "ca", "lang": "Catalan", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "digitar"}, {"code": "da", "lang": "Danish", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "angive fingersætning i"}, {"code": "eo", "lang": "Esperanto", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "fingri"}, {"code": "fi", "lang": "Finnish", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "sormittaa"}, {"code": "fr", "lang": "French", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "doigter"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "đánh"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "bấm (a)"}, {"code": "vi", "lang": "Vietnamese", "sense": "to provide instructions about the use of fingers in music", "word": "ghi cách bấm (b)"}], "word": "finger"}

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