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Finger-pointing

noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of pointing a finger or fingers. uncountable, usually

    "Fortunately, more often, these authorial throat-clearings and finger-pointings enrich the text. Even the sample quoted above moves on to a vivid evocation of the very physical aspects of a hunt. Perhaps surprisingly for a writer so easily caricatured as a dry Marxist theoretician, Berger excels in such sensual descriptions."

  2. 2
    the imputation of blame wordnet
  3. 3
    The making of accusations; the assigning of blame. figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually

    "With the folding in November of Los Angeles Opera Theater came the expected finger-pointings and second-guessings among company officials."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of finger-point form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From finger + pointing.

Etymology 2

From finger-point + -ing.

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