Synonyms:
index, index_finger, forefinger
Meaning: the finger next to the thumb
Usage examples
My beloved put her forefinger to her lips, whispering:
Ikey's left forefinger was doubled over the edge of the mortar, holding it steady.
"It is this," said Kraft, punctuating in a puddle of spilled coffee with a stiff forefinger.
The colonel bent his stiff back and ran his forefinger over the map which lay upon the table.
The flame was extinguished as the flame of a candle is pinched out between thumb and forefinger.
She had not looked at it long, before she wetted the tip of her forefinger, and began to rub away at the obliteration.
The only change was that at the word "Two" his right forefinger came to rest upon a red button and his eyes doubled their rate of scan.
A certain remembrance connected with that feature operating as a timely warning, he took it thoughtfully between his thumb and forefinger, and pondered; Lammle meanwhile eyeing him with furtive eyes.
Adrian was sitting reading in bed, the forefinger of his left hand tracing the Braille characters, when his nephew noticed that a pencil the old man held in his right hand was moving slowly along the opposite page.