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Fatty was coincidentally discussing how snapping turtles bite when the one in his hand lunged with amazing speed and clamped down on his index finger.
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Mark Price, Orlando Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2025
Flatt's right index finger and his eyes turned toward Michael Vaughn.
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Paul Skrbina, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
Use your hands to move the cursor around and pinch your index finger and thumb to select.
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Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 12 Dec. 2024
That’s about the width of an index finger held at arm’s length.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
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First Known Use
1849, in the meaning defined above
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“Index finger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/index%20finger. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
Kids Definition
index finger
noun
: the finger next to the thumb
Medical Definition
index finger
noun
: the finger next to the thumb
called also forefinger
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Nglish: Translation of index finger for Spanish Speakers
Britannica English: Translation of index finger for Arabic Speakers
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