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Teachers! Could you tell me the exact meaning of 'finger'!
I have consulted the webster college dictionary for the meanings of the word 'finger'. But I don't get it!
What I know now is that the meanings of 'finger' is only the apparatus of hand!
Could you tell me other meanings?
There are a couple of possibilities. To "finger" somebody is "tell on" that person. For example, if you knew that Mr. X committed a certain crime and the police were asking you about the crime and you "fingered" Mr. X you would be telling them he was the culprit.
Then there is "give somebody the finger", which is to make an obscene gesture with the middle finger.
Teachers! Could you tell me the exact meaning of 'finger'! 
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