fingering
fingering noun: the act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument. Also the present participle and gerund of finger.
Noun
fingering (countable and uncountable, plural fingerings)
- The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.
- She has a very good notion of fingering, though her taste is not equal to Anne's.1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
- A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.
- That chord has two fingerings.
- The act of using the fingers to stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.
- A thin woollen yarn for stockings.
- Synonyms:
- sock yarn
Also used as
fingering is also the present participle and gerund of finger.
fingering meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Gujarati and Indonesian
fingering in Urdu
- انگلیاں لگانا
fingering in Telugu
- చేతివేళ్లు వేయడం
fingering in Gujarati
- આંગળીઓ લગાવવી
fingering in Indonesian
- sexual act
- colmek
More languagesFewer languages
- fingering in Thai
- ใช้นิ้ว, ตกเบ็ด dtòk-bèt
Examples of fingering in a sentence
- He looked at his guys; nervous and fingering their safetied weapons.
- Now my friend was fingering my wife and licking her clit.
- The Fondamento really is very basic, though the detailed fingerings are of interest.
Synonyms of fingering
Forms of fingering
| plural | fingerings |
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Phrases with fingering
Questions about fingering
- What does fingering mean?
- Fingering means the act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.
- What is fingering in Urdu?
- Fingering in Urdu is انگلیاں لگانا. See Fingering meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is fingering?
- Fingering is a noun.
- What is the plural of fingering?
- The plural of fingering is fingerings.
Words near fingering in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: fingering (page history and authors); fingering (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fingering (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); fingering (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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