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trigger finger

noun

Etymology

From trigger + finger.

  1. derived from *penkʷrós✻
  2. derived from *fingraz✻
  3. derived from *fingr✻
  4. derived from finger
  5. inherited from fynger
  6. compounded as trigger finger — “trigger + finger”

Definitions

  1. a finger used in pulling the trigger of a firearm

  2. the forefinger

  3. difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension caused by the narrowing of the…

    difficulty encountered in finger flexion or extension caused by the narrowing of the sheath that surrounds that finger's tendon

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA