näpelöidä — meaning in English

English meaning

• finger noun One of the five slender parts extending from the hand, used for touching, holding, and grasping.
• monkey noun A small to medium-sized primate, typically with a tail, distinct from apes.
• tinker noun A traveling mender of pots, pans, and other metal household items.

Senses

näpelöidä is used for these senses in English:

• finger (transitive) To report to or identify for the authorities; to inform on.
• finger (transitive, music) To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.
• monkey (intransitive, informal) To meddle; to mess (with).
• tinker (ambitransitive) To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner.

finger — full definition

1. noun One of the five slender parts extending from the hand, used for touching, holding, and grasping.
2. verb To identify or blame someone, especially to the authorities.
3. verb To touch, poke, or feel something with the fingers.

monkey — full definition

1. noun A small to medium-sized primate, typically with a tail, distinct from apes.
2. noun A mischievous or playful person, especially a child.
3. verb To fiddle or tamper with something, usually in an informal or careless way.

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