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forefinger

[fawr-fing-ger, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌfɪŋ gər, ˈfoʊr- /
NOUN
index finger
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Green held the thumb and forefinger of one hand maybe an inch apart to indicate how close.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 15, 2025

In a study published in 2022, Makin used a nerve blocker to temporarily mimic the effect of amputation of the forefinger in her subjects.

From Science Daily Nov. 21, 2023

I don't know how to put this other than to form a rhetorical circle with my thumb and forefinger signaling a big fat goose egg.

From Salon Sep. 16, 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

Vivian plucked a single peanut from the bowl and held it between her thumb and forefinger and studied it for a while.

From "Silent To The Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg

To emphasize the designer’s practicality-meets-design approach, Rogen gestured to another Bosse creation, this one a hand-shaped brass ashtray with forefingers poised mid-pinch.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2024

Before receiving their handouts, men signed a list by pressing their forefingers dipped in blue ink; women used red.

From New York Times Dec. 24, 2022

“It’s not just some words on wall,” Traylor said of the motto signified by a hand gesture that creates a triangle with the two thumbs and forefingers.

From Seattle Times Dec. 2, 2022

And then, perhaps, he puts his thumbs and forefingers together to form a square so that he can look at her through the square.

From The New Yorker Dec. 10, 2018

He brought his hands close together, made a steeple of his forefingers, and stared at Shadow with watery hazel eyes.

From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman




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