Meaning of finger point | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An act of pointing with a finger or fingers; a pointed finger.
2. The point of a finger.
3. A piece of land etc. shaped like a finger.

Examples

“Hesta the guide⟳ drew their attention to points of interest⟳ with finger points and hand waves.”

“The latter takes it as a gesture of aggression and fires back, eventually reaching for a kitchen knife, "If you're starting with the finger, say⟳ goodbye to the finger!" The Democratic party faithful may soon have⟳ a similar reaction, so often are they having a finger wagged in their collective face⟳. For the finger point⟳ has become⟳ a key part of the body language of the 2008 campaign.”

“David Beckham looking a bit like⟳ a manager. He's got the finger point⟳ pretty much nailed.”

““Have⟳ you seen this?” Charlie asked, pointing across the room. He sounded appalled, like⟳ he was about to show⟳ me something valuable that our dog had destroyed. Except we didn’t have⟳ a dog. I followed his finger point⟳ to the TV screen.”

““I could flex inside the prosthetic, and it would change⟳ from a finger point⟳ to a two-finger pinch, and then from a pinch to a fist,” [Carey] Duval said.”

“The students chanted, “Let’s go, Jackets,” drawing a finger point⟳ of approval from a Tech player during warm-ups.”

“In just a few rehearsed gestures — a finger point⟳, a pantomimed bat swing⟳ — Dastmalchian clues us in that he’s playing a shell hollowed out by ambition.”

“Then one hand […] round her neck just touching with finger points one of a lovely pair of breasts, […]”

“First, lay⟳ the fish⟳ on its side and cut⟳ along the water line from gill to tail with a sharp pointed knife. Lift⟳ the skin off carefully by starting in the middle and working it up easily with finger points, and from around the fins.”

“Step 1. Place⟳ one or two finger points directly under each smile⟳ line which we have⟳ identified as the point⟳ of action. Step 2. Push⟳ smile⟳ lines somewhat out with your finger points.”

“At the southern end⟳ of the sunken road is a finger point⟳ of the green wedge wood and below this lay⟳ Falfemont farm, where the British attack stopped yesterday.”

“There is a rigidity of the quadratus lumborum muscle on the same side, with a finger point⟳ of marked tenderness at the junction of the outer end⟳ of the quadratus lumborum muscle with the lower border⟳ of the tenth rib.”

“Edom was just south of Moab. Both were small areas south and east of the Wadi Arabah that stretches from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba—a finger point⟳ of the Red Sea.”

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