finger food
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- noun
- /ˈfɪŋɡər fuːd/
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comida para comer con las manos
- I was the last to come down, of course; everybody else was already gathered around the three flowery-print sofas, munching on finger foods as they chatted up a storm.
- eat finger food
- finger food—tapas
- fun finger foods
How did you get your children to eat finger foods and grown up foods?
- How did you get your children to eat finger foods and grown up foods?
- But you know, like with my mouth, I chew finger foods.
- Oh yeah, Get it corrected Jack lose with eat that finger food.
Examples
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Over lunches of finger foods, we sat laughing together.
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Not to mention, they got three live bands... ...they got oysters, snacks, phenomenal finger food.
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For parties, any finger food is a wise choice.
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Can I interest anyone in some finger foods?
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I do have to say the buns kept this as finger food, which is good for a party.
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The dough for these finger foods is almost like a soft pretzel dough.
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We got shrimp puffs and cheese snacks... -just some finger foods.
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Although we had just eaten breakfast on the plane three hours earlier, it was now 8:30 PM and we were at an alcohol-free cocktail party with incredibly delicious finger foods.
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These finger foods have an array of toppings placed on crunchy bread, spiked with a toothpick and displayed buffet style.
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For the party, we prepared a selection of tasty finger foods that everyone could enjoy without utensils.
How Filling
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'food eaten with the fingers' is directly derived from combining 'finger' and 'food'—a straightforward noun+noun composition that specifies manner of eating. This literal, compositional pattern is common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Finger food comes from the simple picture of small finger food you can pick up and eat with your hands. So today it means snacks made 'to be eaten with the fingers', often served at parties.