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finger pointing

finger pointing is the alternative form of finger-pointing.

finger pointing is the present participle and gerund of finger point.

Meaning of finger-pointing

Noun

finger-pointing (usually uncountable, plural finger-pointings)

  1. (usually) The act of pointing a finger or fingers.
    • Fortunately, more often, these authorial throat-clearings and finger-pointings enrich the text. Even the sample quoted above moves on to a vivid evocation of the very physical aspects of a hunt. Perhaps surprisingly for a writer so easily caricatured as a dry Marxist theoretician, Berger excels in...2008 January 9, Sam Jordison, “Looking back at the Booker: John Berger”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 06 Oct...
  2. (figuratively, informal, usually) The making of accusations; the assigning of blame.
    • With the folding in November of Los Angeles Opera Theater came the expected finger-pointings and second-guessings among company officials.1986 January 19, Marc Shulgold, “Women Composers Aim for the Mainstream”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11...

Meaning of 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
  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
  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...

Forms of finger pointing

pluralfinger pointings

Questions about finger pointing

What is finger pointing the alternative form of?
Finger pointing is the alternative form of finger-pointing.

Words near finger pointing in the dictionary

  1. finger plum
  2. finger point
  3. finger pointed
  4. finger pointer
  5. finger pointers
  6. finger pointing
  7. finger pointing at the moon
  8. finger pointings
  9. finger points
  10. finger pointy
  11. finger post

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Adapted from Wiktionary: finger pointing (page history and authors); finger-pointing (page history and authors); finger point (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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