forefinger

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Young male gamers had taken issue with a single frame in the trailer, in which the female character could be seen holding her thumb and forefinger close together.

From BBC • Jan. 11, 2025

The procedure, called umbilical cord milking, involves gently squeezing the cord between the thumb and forefinger and pushing the blood into the newborn's abdomen.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

I don't know how to put this other than to form a rhetorical circle with my thumb and forefinger signaling a big fat goose egg.

From Salon • Sep. 16, 2023

Simultaneously, people had to press a button on the steering wheel with their left forefinger each time a small device attached to their left collarbone vibrated.

From Scientific American • Jul. 28, 2023

He rubbed it gently with his right hand, twirled it around his forefinger, released it, then twirled it around the finger again.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok