FOREFINGER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forefinger mean? 

• FOREFINGER (noun)
  The noun FOREFINGER has 1 sense:

1. the finger next to the thumb

  Familiarity information: FOREFINGER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOREFINGER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The finger next to the thumb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

forefinger; index; index finger

Hypernyms ("forefinger" is a kind of...):

finger (any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb))

 Context examples 

“You had better stop him, Copperfield, if you can,” cried Uriah, with his long forefinger pointing towards me.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

And at this there came suddenly a lowering shadow over his face, and he tightened his grasp upon my hand and raised a forefinger threateningly before my eyes.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

He took little notice of these greetings, save to give a nod to one, or to slightly raise his forefinger to another.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Wolf Larsen put thumb and forefinger to the wrist and counted the pulse.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

You observed that her right glove was torn at the forefinger, but you did not apparently see that both glove and finger were stained with violet ink.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Rocks!” they yelled, stabbing into the air with their forefingers.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Twice he closed the book on his forefinger to look at the name of the author.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Now, it was not really difficult, by an inspection of the groove between your left forefinger and thumb, to feel sure that you did not propose to invest your small capital in the gold fields.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I lay back against the cushions, puffing at my cigar, while Holmes, leaning forward, with his long, thin forefinger checking off the points upon the palm of his left hand, gave me a sketch of the events which had led to our journey.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Here is one." And taking up the hand which lay on the arm of his chair, he pointed to the roughened forefinger, a burn on the back, and two or three little hard spots on the palm.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)