"finger food" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɪŋɡə(ɹ)ˌfuːd/ Audio: En-us-finger food.oga Forms: finger foods [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} finger food (countable and uncountable, plural finger foods)
  1. Food that can be eaten with one's hands, as opposed to requiring utensils; often appetizers and snacks. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Foods Related terms: convenience food, hand fruit Translations (Food that can be eaten with one's hands): fingermad [common-gender] (Danish), sormiruoka (Finnish), sormisyötävä (Finnish), petisco [masculine] (Galician), Fingerfood [neuter] (German), makanan cekut (Malay), ماکنن چکوت (makanan cekut) (Malay), fingermat [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fingermat [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), petisco [masculine] (Portuguese), pasaboca (Spanish), picoteo [Spain] (Spanish), plockmat [common-gender] (Swedish), bwyd bys a bawd [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "Food that can be eaten with one's hands",
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      "sense": "Food that can be eaten with one's hands",
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      "sense": "Food that can be eaten with one's hands",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "Food that can be eaten with one's hands",
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      "word": "petisco"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Food that can be eaten with one's hands",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "Food that can be eaten with one's hands",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "Food that can be eaten with one's hands",
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      "word": "plockmat"
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Food that can be eaten with one's hands",
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