"index finger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: index fingers [plural]
Etymology: Literally “pointing finger”, index being from Latin, of same origin as indicate. Head templates: {{en-noun}} index finger (plural index fingers)
  1. the forefinger Categories (topical): Fingers Hypernyms: finger

Inflected forms

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    {
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    }
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        },
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            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
      ],
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        ]
      ],
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        {
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          "word": "arrow-finger"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "demonstrator"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "first finger"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "forefinger"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "index"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "index finger"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "lickpot"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "pointer"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "pointer finger"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "pointling"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "showing finger"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "teacher"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
          "word": "trigger finger"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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}
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    }
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      ],
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "word": "index finger"
    },
    {
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      "word": "lickpot"
    },
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      "word": "pointer"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
      "word": "pointer finger"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
      "word": "pointling"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
      "word": "showing finger"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
      "word": "teacher"
    },
    {
      "source": "Thesaurus:index finger",
      "word": "trigger finger"
    }
  ],
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}

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