fingering
Meaning of fingering
- a manner or technique of using the fingers, especially to play a musical instrument.
he once studied keyboard fingering
the tuning makes some chord fingerings awkward
noun
fine wool for hand knitting.
early 17th century (as fingram ): perhaps from French fin grain ‘fine grain’. Compare with grogram and grosgrain.
verb, gerund or present participle- touch or feel with the fingers.
the thin man fingered his moustache
- inform on (someone) to the police.
he was fingered by a supergrass and charged with murder
- play (a passage) with a particular sequence of positions of the fingers.
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vinger and German Finger .
Information about fingering
- The plural form of fingering is: fingerings.
- Languages in which fingering is used:
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Hyphenation of fingering
fin-ger-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- fingering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
fingering synonyms
Meaning bring one's hand or another part of one's body into contact with:
Meaning examine or search by touch:
Meaning feel or manipulate with the hands:
Meaning handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner:
Meaning move one's hand with gentle pressure over (a surface), typically repeatedly; caress:
Meaning apply firm pressure to the surface of (something), using a repeated back and forth motion:
Meaning touch or stroke gently or lovingly:
Meaning stroke or caress lovingly or erotically:
Meaning (of an animal) wound (a person or animal) by scratching and tearing:
Meaning move (a heavy object) by hand with great effort:
Meaning exert force on (someone or something) so as to cause movement towards oneself:
Meaning grasp or seize suddenly and roughly:
Meaning (of a person) touch or handle clumsily or lasciviously:
Meaning make untidy or dirty:
Words that rhyme with fingering
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