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Hold up your thumb and forefinger and move them up and down to zoom.
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PCMAG, 19 Mar. 2025
Schulman made a picture frame out of his thumbs and forefingers and held it toward the hill.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
Holecek suggests a navel oiling practice like this: Start by lightly stimulating the area (the navel folds) by very gently pinching with your forefinger and thumb.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Experts in child development like to say that at around nine months old babies develop the pincer grip, or the ability to hold something small between their thumb and forefinger.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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PCMAG, 19 Mar. 2025
Schulman made a picture frame out of his thumbs and forefingers and held it toward the hill.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 18 Mar. 2025
Holecek suggests a navel oiling practice like this: Start by lightly stimulating the area (the navel folds) by very gently pinching with your forefinger and thumb.
—Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
Experts in child development like to say that at around nine months old babies develop the pincer grip, or the ability to hold something small between their thumb and forefinger.
—James Somers, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Forefinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forefinger. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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forefinger
noun
fore·fin·ger
-ˌfiŋ-gər 
Medical Definition
forefinger
noun
fore·fin·ger
-ˌfiŋ-gər
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