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fingerspell

fingerspell verb: to spell using fingerspelling.

Verb

fingerspell (third-person singular simple present fingerspells, present participle fingerspelling, simple past and past participle fingerspelled or fingerspelt)

  1. (transitive) To spell using fingerspelling.

Forms of fingerspell

third-person singular presentfingerspells
present participlefingerspelling
past participlefingerspelled
pastfingerspelled
past participlefingerspelt
pastfingerspelt

Origin of fingerspell

From finger + spell.

Questions about fingerspell

What does fingerspell mean?
Fingerspell means to spell using fingerspelling.
What part of speech is fingerspell?
Fingerspell is a verb.
What is the past tense of fingerspell?
The past tense of fingerspell is fingerspelled.

Words near fingerspell in the dictionary

  1. fingersbreadths
  2. fingersful
  3. fingersmith
  4. fingersmiths
  5. fingersome
  6. fingerspell
  7. fingerspelled
  8. fingerspeller
  9. fingerspellers
  10. fingerspelling
  11. fingerspellings

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