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fingerhold

fingerhold noun: a grip with the fingers.

Noun

fingerhold (plural fingerholds)

  1. A grip with the fingers.
    • He'd jump up, get a fingerhold, and then dirt would give way and he'd slip back down. Jump up, get a fingerhold, slip back down.2012, Mary Hamilton, Kentucky Folktales: Revealing Stories, Truths, and Outright Lies

Forms of fingerhold

pluralfingerholds

Origin of fingerhold

From finger + hold.

Questions about fingerhold

What does fingerhold mean?
Fingerhold means a grip with the fingers.
What part of speech is fingerhold?
Fingerhold is a noun.
What is the plural of fingerhold?
The plural of fingerhold is fingerholds.

Words near fingerhold in the dictionary

  1. fingerfuls
  2. Fingergate
  3. fingergrass
  4. fingerguard
  5. fingerguards
  6. fingerhold
  7. fingerholds
  8. fingerhole
  9. fingerholes
  10. fingering
  11. fingerings

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