Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several plants having palmately compound leaves with five leaflets, such as the cinquefoil.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Virginia creeper, Parthenocissus quinquefolia.
- noun A name given to common species of Potentilla which have digitate leaves with five leaflets, as P. reptans of Europe and P. Canadensis of the United States. The marsh-fivefinger is P. palustris. Also called
cinquefoil or fivefinger-grass. - noun In Jamaica, the Syngonium auritum, an aroid with five-parted leaves.
- noun plural A popular name of some or any starfish; a five-fingered jack.
- noun plural A name given to the five of trumps in certain games of cards.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) See
cinquefoil . - noun (Zoöl.) A starfish with five rays, esp.
Asterias rubens .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties
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Examples
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Freddy just gave him the five-finger death punch to the heart.
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Saxon drew Billy's eyes to a mossy bank of five-finger ferns.
CHAPTER XXII 2010
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"The Letter" is a 10-page, five-finger exercise with no connection to the Nixons except for the verbatim use of Dick Nixon's letter to Pat "Dearest Heart . . . ", presented as if it were written by a young would-be novelist to his secret love, who happens to be his best friend's sister.
Standing Pat (On Her Head) Frank Gannon 2011
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It's not exactly the ol' five-finger discount, but then all you have to sneak out of the store is information.
Info-Age Shoplifting Al Lewis 2011
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How in the world would a normal person figure out or guess that they need to do a "five-finger pinch" to get back to the home screen?
iPhone, iPad To Lose Home Button? Bianca Bosker 2011
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My best is like a five-finger exercise compared with the foolishest thing she ripples off.
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Here are three best ways to tell if an employee is likely to be seeking a five-finger discount:
Three Best Ways to Catch an Employee Thief Sarah E. Needleman 2010
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Here are three best ways to tell if an employee is likely to be seeking a five-finger discount:
Three Best Ways to Catch an Employee Thief Sarah E. Needleman 2010
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Here are three best ways to tell if an employee is likely to be seeking a five-finger discount:
Three Best Ways to Catch an Employee Thief Sarah E. Needleman 2010
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I placed my glovey-love, so sticky and wet, on the door with my five-finger print.
Magic X Nina Alvarez 2010
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