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forefinger

[fawr-fing-ger, fohr-] / ˈfɔrˌfɪŋ gər, ˈfoʊr- /
NOUN
index finger
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Two weeks later, Hess held his thumb and forefinger in the shape of an “L” to his forehead after his first qualifying run.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 22, 2026

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

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

He rubbed his eyes with his thumb and forefinger.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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

Belet put a fist on either side of her head, her forefingers up to look like horns.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda




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