Noun | 1. | finger - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin" |
2. | finger - the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure | |
3. | finger - the part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the fingers | |
Verb | 1. | finger - feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book" Synonyms: thumb |
2. | finger - examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater" Synonyms: feel | |
3. | finger - search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons" | |
4. | finger - indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments |
(tool) | finger - A Unix program that displays information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a remote system. Finger typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable). It may also display a plan file left by the user (see also Hacking X for Y). Some versions take a "-l" (long) argument which yields more information. |