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Touch or hold something with your hands, often carefully

To touch something lightly while passing by

To use your hands to find something when you cannot see it

To touch or hit something lightly to get attention

Pull at something with your fingers again and again, often nervously

To move or touch something using the short, thick finger at the side of the hand

To pull lightly and repeatedly at something with your fingers

To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening

To make no effort to help

Being ready to act quickly when a chance or danger appears

To check what people think before you decide

A sudden change that breaks your plans, often causing trouble

Having a very strong taste that makes you want to eat every last bit

To have a part in something and some control

Receive a rude hand gesture when someone raises their middle finger

To show anger or insult someone by lifting the middle finger

To take part in many different activities at once

To start working hard after not doing much

To start trying much harder after being lazy

To make someone do what you want by charming them

To put paint on paper using your fingers

To move your finger side to side to show you are not pleased

Find the exact reason for something hard to explain

To start working or trying harder after putting things off

A finger next to the thumb used for pointing or pressing

Blaming other people for a problem instead of trying to fix it

The smallest finger on the hand that is farthest from the thumb

A rude hand sign made by raising the finger in the middle to insult someone

Food that you eat with your fingers

The finger between the index and ring fingers on the hand

A way of painting using fingers to spread paint or a picture done that way

A region of long narrow lakes in central New York that run north to south

A soft colored paste children use with their fingers to make pictures

A small bowl of water for rinsing fingers between courses

An act of stealing small items from a shop, often said as a joke

A person who often steals small things

A long thin piece of fish covered in breadcrumbs and fried or baked

A strong urge to act quickly without thinking

A small greeting or goodbye made by moving the fingers

A hole for a finger that helps you hold or move something

A mistake you make by pressing the wrong key or button

A way to show each letter of the alphabet using hand signs

The finger between the middle finger and little finger where people often wear wedding rings

A plant with a five-petaled flower that people use in home herbal remedies

A pair of small metal discs worn on the fingers and tapped to make a bright ring used in dance

A long thin delicate finger that looks like a spider's leg

A hand signal made by raising three fingers to show protest or support

A way to identify a person by using a machine that reads the patterns on their fingertip

A basketball shot made near the basket by rolling the ball off the fingertips

Hand signs that show the letters of the alphabet for people who are deaf

A common grass that often grows as a weed in fields and lawns

A cereal plant from Asia and Africa with small seeds used to make flour

A simple practice using all five fingers to improve their speed and control

A small hand tool for making tiny holes in material like jewelry

To use a person's fingerprints to check who they are

A hole on a wind instrument like a flute covered or uncovered by your finger to change the note

A tall plant with large pink-purple tube flowers whose leaves are poisonous but make heart medicine

A flat plate on a door that protects the paint from finger marks

A vegetable plant that makes long green pods used in soups and stews, also called okra

A grass from Europe grown for hay and often a weed in fields