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long finger

long finger noun: the middle finger.

Noun

long finger (plural long fingers)

  1. The middle finger.
  2. (Ireland, idiomatic) A state of postponement or procrastination.
  3. (Ireland, idiomatic) Hire purchase or credit.
    • Jim tries to look flash, but he buys everything on the long finger.

long finger meaning in Tamil and Kannada

long finger in Tamil

நெடுவிரல்

long finger in Kannada

ನಿಡುವೆರಳ್, ನಿಡುಬೆರಳು

Forms of long finger

plurallong fingers

Origin of long finger

From Middle English long fynger, longe fyngyr; by surface analysis, long + finger.

Questions about long finger

What does long finger mean?
Long finger means the middle finger.
What is long finger in Tamil?
Long finger in Tamil is நெடுவிரல். See Long finger meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is long finger?
Long finger is a noun.
What is the plural of long finger?
The plural of long finger is long fingers.

Words near long finger in the dictionary

  1. long figures
  2. long file name
  3. long file names
  4. long filename
  5. long filenames
  6. long finger
  7. long fingers
  8. long firm
  9. long firms
  10. Long Flat
  11. long for

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Adapted from Wiktionary: long finger (page history and authors); long finger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); long finger (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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