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fingertipful

fingertipful noun: the amount of a substance that covers a person's fingertip.

Noun

fingertipful (plural fingertipfuls or fingertipsful)

  1. The amount of a substance that covers a person's fingertip.
    • The good Fathers coming into the chapel to evening Benediction, securing liberal fingertipsful of holy water, as was their pious wont, and—disaster.1937 February, Harriet L. Carritte, “Saint John Berchmans”, in The Ethos, volume 10, number 1, Boston, Mass.: Emmanuel College, page 107
    • Remove old make-up and powder with a few speedy fingertipfuls of cleansing Jergens Face Cream.1943, Radio Mirror, page 55

Forms of fingertipful

pluralfingertipfuls
pluralfingertipsful

Origin of fingertipful

From fingertip + -ful.

Questions about fingertipful

What does fingertipful mean?
Fingertipful means the amount of a substance that covers a person's fingertip.
What part of speech is fingertipful?
Fingertipful is a noun.
What is the plural of fingertipful?
The plural of fingertipful is fingertipfuls.

Words near fingertipful in the dictionary

  1. fingertappings
  2. fingertight
  3. fingertip
  4. fingertip search
  5. fingertip searches
  6. fingertipful
  7. fingertipfuls
  8. fingertipped
  9. fingertipping
  10. fingertips
  11. fingertipsful

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