Definitions for fingering

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fingering fin·ger·ing

Spelling: [fing-ger-ing]

IPA: /ˈfɪŋ gər ɪŋ/

Fingering is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 124 anagrams from letters in fingering (efggiinnr).

Definitions for fingering

noun

1. the act of a person who fingers.
2. Music. the action or method of using the fingers in playing on an instrument. the indication of the way the fingers are to be used in performing a piece of music.
3. any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
4. a part of a glove made to receive a finger.
5. the breadth of a finger as a unit of measurement; digit.
6. the length of a finger: approximately 4½ inches (11 cm).
7. Slang. an informer or spy.
8. something like a finger in form or use, as a projection or pointer:
9. any of various projecting parts of machines.

Idioms

1. burn one's fingers, to suffer injury or loss by meddling or by acting rashly:
2. give (someone) the finger, Slang. to express contempt for by or as by the obscene gesture of pointing the middle finger upward while folding the other fingers against the palm.
3. have a finger in the pie, to have an interest or share in something. to meddle in something.
4. keep one's fingers crossed, to wish for good luck or success, as in a specific endeavor:
5. lay / put one's finger on, to indicate exactly; remember: to discover; locate:
6. not lift a finger, to make not even a small attempt; do nothing:
7. put the finger on, Slang. finger (def 12).
8. slip through one's fingers, to elude one, as an opportunity not taken; escape: to pass or be consumed quickly:
9. snap one's fingers (at), to exhibit disdain or contempt (for):
10. twist / wrap around one's little finger, to exert one's influence easily or successfully upon:

verb (used with object)

1. to touch with the fingers; toy or meddle with; handle.
2. to touch with the fingers so as to mar or spoil:
3. to pilfer; filch.
4. Music. to play on (an instrument) with the fingers. to perform or mark (a passage of music) with a certain fingering.
5. Slang. to inform against or identify (a criminal) to the authorities: to designate as a victim, as of murder or other crime.

verb (used without object)

1. to touch or handle something with the fingers.
2. to extend in or as in the shape of a finger:

Origin of fingering

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400; See origin at finger, -ing¹

Examples for fingering

fingering the mesh netting that allows a woman wearing a burka to see, she looked grim.

She was fingering the revolver on the bureau behind her, and breathing fast and audibly.

Rapaju was on his feet, fingering his neck and laughing horribly.

In politics, the flip-flopper label is deemed deadly, the fingering of a candidate with no fixed principles.

Reached by phone, Moynihan was coy about fingering specific people as models for his characters.

Roma had knelt again, and was fingering the skirt of the Pope's cassock.

The Viceroy turned suddenly, stared at them, fingering his tube.

"Altogether, monsieur," said the concierge, fingering the key of the drawer that held it.

He also lashed out at Curtis and his attorneys for fingering him.

That, she says, is why she lied about being at the crime scene and fingering Lumumba.