Meaning of finger fan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A position in which the fingers of one hand are spread out to form a fan-like shape.
2. Synonym of finger mask.
3. A blow delivered to the face with fingers spread.

Examples

“Mr. Jorrocks was equally early, having been greatly tormented by the old cutomer, who had appeared to him in his dreams in a variety of ways -- now running between his legs and upsetting him, now nearly blinding him with a whisk over his eyes from his sandy brush, again, as the chairman of a convivial meeting of foxes who did nothing but laugh⟳ and make⟳ finger fans to their noses at him, crying, " Ah, cut⟳ his tail ! Cut⟳ his tail!"”

“After years of practice she can manage⟳ a finger fan just past an octave and even for that there is pain.”

“Her hands were up behind her head in two finger fans that resembled ears.”

“Do knee pull⟳, waist bend⟳, and finger fan.”

“"We're singing for Dina today," Wilson said, "and you're dancing," and before he struck the second note⟳ and the singers got started on their first song, people were out in the middle of the gym floor, shoes off, feet moving and finger fans counting the beat⟳”

“In my moving hands I will hold⟳ finger fans of caribou hair.”

“During gaps of combinations, insert⟳: 1. non-commitements to distract the opponent, or to improve⟳ positioning or the flow⟳. 2. delicacy to score⟳ without destroying the overall balance and flow⟳ of the combination (finger jabs, finger fan, finger flicks, backhand, palm thrust).”

“In truth, people who require⟳ fine use⟳ of their hands in their work⟳ (artists, surgeons, typists) may favor using palm strikes and finger fans over the more demanding fist or single-finger strikes.”

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