present participle of have one's finger on the pulse

Used to indicate that the number of some specified thing is very small.

A soft coral (Alcyonium palmatum).

(idiomatic) To suffer relatively minor, adversive, and unexpected harm.

To elude someone in the end, despite having almost been achieved or captured.

(transitive, figuratively) To count something small enough in number that one can do it using just the digits on one's hand.

present participle of count on the fingers of one hand

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of count on the fingers of one hand

simple past tense and past participle of count on the fingers of one hand

Alternative form of wrap around one's little finger