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fingerings

fingerings is the plural of fingering.

Meaning of fingering

Noun

fingering (countable and uncountable, plural fingerings)

  1. (uncountable) 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
  2. (countable) A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.
    • That chord has two fingerings.
  3. (uncountable) The act of using the fingers to stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.
  4. A thin woollen yarn for stockings.
    Synonyms:
    sock yarn

Questions about fingerings

What is fingerings the plural of?
Fingerings is the plural of fingering.

Words near fingerings in the dictionary

  1. fingerhold
  2. fingerholds
  3. fingerhole
  4. fingerholes
  5. fingering
  6. fingerings
  7. fingerish
  8. fingerite
  9. fingerless
  10. fingerlessness
  11. fingerlet

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