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Definition of "five-finger" [five•-fin•ger]

  • Any of several plants having palmately compound leaves with five leaflets, such as the cinquefoil. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "five-finger" in a sentence
  • "It's not exactly the ol' five-finger discount, but then all you have to sneak out of the store is information."
  • "Freddy just gave him the five-finger death punch to the heart."
  • "My best is like a five-finger exercise compared with the foolishest thing she ripples off."