Finger
Finger verb - Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments.
Show
Show verb - To present so as to invite notice or attention.
How words are described
| long | long finger | long show |
| single | single finger | single show |
| actual | actual finger | actual show |
| entire | entire finger | entire show |
| Other adjectives: little, bad, animated, final, last. | ||
Common collocations
| someone | finger someone | show someone |
Both words in one sentence
- In The Bishop's Heir of the Deryni series, Loris sends Kelson Bishop Henry Istelyn's finger (still wearing his bishop's ring) in a show of defiance.
Source: Finger in the Mail -
Often, keeping in tune with the show's style, the finger will be ridiculously larger and more detailed than the rest.
Source: Declarative Finger - Australian comedy show Fast Forward had a skit The Saddams Family, with Saddam Hussein's family firing their guns in the air instead of The Addams Family finger snaps.
Source: Firing in the Air a Lot
Cite this Source
Show and Finger. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 12, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/finger/show
Finger & Show. N.p., 2016. Web. 12 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/finger/show>.
Show or Finger. 2016. Accessed August 12, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/finger/show.
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