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A handy pointer?
Answer for the clue "A handy pointer? ", 12 letters:
index finger
Word definitions for index finger in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The index finger , (also referred to as forefinger , pointer finger , trigger finger , digitus secundus , digitus II , and many other terms), is the first finger and the second digit of a human hand . It is located between the first and third digits, between ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Index \In"dex\, n.; pl. E. Indexes , L. Indices (?). [L.: cf. F. index. See Indicate , Diction .] That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses; as, the increasing unemployment rate is an index of how much the economy has slowed. ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the forefinger
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the finger next to the thumb [syn: index , forefinger ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ A young man sat slumped there, his index finger hooked down into his water glass, stirring the ice cubes around. ▪ Indeed, he kept them closed as he opened the Gospels, and planted his long index finger blindly upon the page. ...
Usage examples of index finger.
A moderate pressure is applied at the wrist of the left arm with the index finger of the right hand on a spot next to the head of the forearm bone (fig.
He pointed at the ice bucket sitting in front of the man next to him and shook his index finger.
Harry had no trouble getting a clear fingerprint of her right index finger from one of the water bottles she’.
I drew an imaginary line across my throat with my right index finger.
Only when she moved, inserting her index finger into her navel and twiddling it around as if she were stirring some loathsome mixture there, did his disgust overcome his fear and send him out into the street, running blindly away from her.
He pushed his index finger into the soil for no better reason than why Unarc was polishing stone flowers with his toe.
With her thumb and index finger Edna Lown picked a speck of tobacco off the end of her tongue.
He continued smiling, but his index finger traced a scar running from the lobe of his right ear down his throat and under his V-necked tunic.