finger point

Noun

finger point (plural finger points)

1. An act of pointing with a finger or fingers; a pointed finger.
   • Hesta the guide drew their attention to points of interest with finger points and hand waves.2000, Elizabeth Stead, “Sea Pictures – the Last Sacrifice”, in The Fishcastle, Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin Books Australia, →ISBN, page 377
   • 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....2008 February 10, Jonathan Freedland, “Will Hillary beat Obama by a finger?”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01...
2. The point of a finger.
   • Then one hand […] round her neck just touching with finger points one of a lovely pair of breasts, […]1888–1894, Walter [pseudonym], chapter III, in My Secret Life, volumes VII–XI, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1966, →LCCN, →OCLC, volume IX, page 1781
   • 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.1931 August, Ben C. Robinson, “Anglers’ Letters”, in John A. McGuire, editor, Outdoor Life, volume LXVIII, number 2, Mount Morris, Ill.: Outdoor Life Publishing Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 40, column...
3. A piece of land etc. shaped like a finger.
   • 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.1916 September 5, Morning Bulletin Leased Wire, “Fierce Fight Is Centering at Falfemont; Artillery Useless and Men Fight with Cold Steel […]”, in The Morning Bulletin, volume VII, number 110...
   • 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.1942 July, Harry Martz, “Aids in the Diagnosis of Acute Surgical Conditions of the Abdomen”, in The Southern Surgeon, volume XI, number 7, Atlanta, Ga.: The Southern Surgeon Publishing Co., →OCLC...