finger point
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A piece of land etc. shaped like a finger.
verb
Example Sentences
- "Hesta the guide drew their attention to points of interest with finger points and hand waves."
- "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. For the finger point has become a key part of the body language of the 2008 campaign."
- "David Beckham looking a bit like a manager. He's got the finger point pretty much nailed."
- "“Have you seen this?” Charlie asked, pointing across the room. He sounded appalled, like he was about to show me something valuable that our dog had destroyed. Except we didn’t have a dog. I followed his finger point to the TV screen."
- "“I could flex inside the prosthetic, and it would change from a finger point to a two-finger pinch, and then from a pinch to a fist,” [Carey] Duval said."
- "The students chanted, “Let’s go, Jackets,” drawing a finger point of approval from a Tech player during warm-ups."