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index finger
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finger /fin·ger/ (fing´ger) one of the five digits of the hand.
baseball finger  mallet f.
clubbed finger  a finger with clubbing.
index finger  forefinger.
mallet finger  partial permanent flexion of the terminal phalanx of a finger caused by an object striking the end or back of the finger, owing to rupture of the attachment of the extensor tendon.
ring finger  the fourth digit of the hand.
webbed fingers  syndactyly of the fingers.

index finger
n.
The finger next to the thumb. Also called first finger, forefinger.


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Like young boys everywhere, Richard Crasnick and his childhood friend Craig Matthews played tabletop football by finger-flicking a piece of paper folded into a triangle through the "goal posts" of their index fingers.
Curl the middle and index fingers of your right hand into the palm of your right hand.
Next we moved on to measuring longer lengths, starting with our index fingers.
 
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