An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
A wooden footstool.
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
To play the game of cricket.
One of the slender bony structures before the pectoral fins of gurnards and sea robins (Triglidae).
The projections of a reaper or mower which similarly separate the stalks for cutting.
A unit of length notionally based on the length of an adult human's middle finger, standardized as 4½ inches (11.43 cm).
An informal measure of alcohol based on its height in a given glass compared to the width of the pourer's fingers while holding it.
That which points; an indicator, as of guilt, blame, or suspicion.
Something similar in function or agency to the human finger, (usually) with regard to touching, grasping, or pointing.
A part of a glove intended to cover a finger.
Finger-shaped pieces of food.
Synonym of jet bridge: the narrow elevated walkway connecting a plane to an airport.
A person.
An informer to the police, (especially) one who identifies a criminal during a lineup.
A tube extending from a sealed system, or sometimes into one in the case of a cold finger.
The lower, smaller segment of an arthropod claw.
Similar or similar-looking extremities in other animals
Various protruding plant structures, as a banana from its hand.
Something similar in shape to the human finger
A criminal who scouts for prospective victims and targets or who performs reconnaissance before a crime.
Synonym of digit: ¹⁄₁₂ the observed diameter of the sun or moon, (especially) with regard to eclipses.
An obscene or insulting gesture made by raising one's middle finger towards someone with the palm of one's hand facing inwards.
The teeth parallel to the blade of a scythe, fitted to a wooden frame called a crade.
A slender jointed extremity of the human hand, (often) exclusive of the thumb.
The act of fingering, inserting a finger into someone's vagina or rectum for sexual pleasure.
Any of the individual receivers used in a rake receiver to decode signal components.
A leaf in a finger tree data structure.
Something similarly extending, (especially) from a larger body
Synonym of digit: former units of measure notionally based on its width but variously standardized, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot (about 1.9 cm).
Someone skilled in the use of their fingers, (especially) a pickpocket.
One of the supporting structures of wings in birds, bats, etc. evolved from earlier toes or fingers.
To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang.
To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.
To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.
To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in.
To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.