index finger

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index finger

the finger next to the thumb

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She informed that the defendant bite her index finger when they engaged in a tussle in a bid to defend herself.

AGF Drags Lawyer To Court For Biting Off Ex-Lover's Finger

"Dhawan sustained an injury on the back of his left hand in the region between the index finger and thumb during the CWC 2019 league match against Australia," the Indian board added.

Injured Shikhar Dhawan shares cryptic message

A short statement from the ECB read: "Eoin Morgan took a knock to his left index finger fielding.

X-ray blow for England skipper Morgan as World Cup tasks loom

Google says the sensor can allow users to press an invisible button between the thumb and index fingers or a virtual dial that turns by rubbing a thumb against the index finger.

Google wins US approval for radar-based hand motion sensor

Dr Pearce goes on to explain that typically scientists have believed women with higher index finger to ring finger ratio are viewed as "more feminized" and thus are more sought after by men.

Simple way to tell if your partner is likely to cheat - and it's all to do with their fingers; Scientists claim to have found a bizarre way you can work out whether your partner is likely to stray and the clue is in their hands

Perhaps there's no need for technical intervention, because the index finger way is so darned easy.

Turn signals: The power is at your fingertips..

If the Good Guy's trigger finger is extended along the frame, this can drive the gun against the index finger bending it backward, causing a sympathetic release of the other fingers and yielding the gun to the Bad Guy.

WHY THE FLEX IS BEST

Davao City - Troops recovered a severed index finger among the cache of arms left behind by retreating New People's Army (NPA) terrorists, whose attack on a militia patrol base was repulsed by the military in Sinacungan, Esperanza, Agusan del Sur, early Monday.

Severed finger found among firearms left behind by fleeing NPAs

Emergency services spent almost two hours trying to release the man, whose index finger of his right hand was stuck in the fuel filling cap of the car parked on North Hylton Road, Sunderland.

Finger trapped; EMERGENCY: NORTH TODAY

Think of the relationship this way: When you point at an object with your index finger, whether you're right or left handed, your finger points to exactly where your dominant eye is looking.

Solving accuracy problems: first check the fit of the grip: many times, what a shooter believes is an accuracy problem is simply a case of a gun that doesn't come naturally to a point. Thus, the first thing to look at is the grip

He was struck three times and one of the blows severed his right index finger.

Knifeman 'sliced off my finger'

Look at your palm -- the heart line is the top line, starting at the edge of your palm on the little finger side and ending at the base of your index finger. A curved heart line means you are sensitive, while a straight line means you may be lacking in sensitivity.