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fingerpicking

fingerpicking is the present participle and gerund of fingerpick.

Meaning of fingerpick

Verb

fingerpick (third-person singular simple present fingerpicks, present participle fingerpicking, simple past and past participle fingerpicked)

  1. (intransitive) To play a stringed instrument by plucking individual strings with the fingers.

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Noun

fingerpicking (usually uncountable, plural fingerpickings)

  1. (usually) The plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers
    • Her largely unadorned sound hinges on scratchy, intimate fingerpickings and her warm Northern Ireland accent — and is a worthy, pensive addition to record shelves already lined with Sharon Van Etten and Damien Rice.2015 July 9, “Pop & Rock Listings for July 10-16”, in New York Times

Forms of fingerpicking

pluralfingerpickings

Questions about fingerpicking

What does fingerpicking mean?
Fingerpicking means the plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers.
What is fingerpicking the present participle and gerund of?
Fingerpicking is the present participle and gerund of fingerpick.
What part of speech is fingerpicking?
Fingerpicking is a noun.
What is the plural of fingerpicking?
The plural of fingerpicking is fingerpickings.

Words near fingerpicking in the dictionary

  1. fingerpainting
  2. fingerpaintings
  3. fingerpaints
  4. fingerpick
  5. fingerpicked
  6. fingerpicking
  7. fingerpickings
  8. fingerpicks
  9. fingerplate
  10. fingerplates
  11. fingerplay

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fingerpicking (page history and authors); fingerpick (page history and authors). 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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