forefinger

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The procedure, called umbilical cord milking, involves gently squeezing the cord between the thumb and forefinger and pushing the blood into the newborn's abdomen.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

Simultaneously, people had to press a button on the steering wheel with their left forefinger each time a small device attached to their left collarbone vibrated.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2023

Carmy asks if his mom was psycho as he nervously drums a spoon between his thumb and forefinger.

From Salon • Jun. 29, 2023

And from then on it's all about gesture control - the headset tracks where you are looking so when you look at an app and pinch your thumb and forefinger together, it opens.

From BBC • Jun. 6, 2023

Once the brim was pinched between his thumb and forefinger, the arm retracted like fishing line on a reel.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles