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Webster 1913 Edition

Fingering

Fin′ger-ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.
The mere sight and
fingering
of money.
Grew.
2.
The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc.
3.
The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers.
4.
Delicate work made with the fingers.
Spenser.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fingering

FIN'GERING

,
ppr.
Handling; touching lightly.

FIN'GERING

, n.
1.
The act of touching lightly or handling.
2.
The manner of touching an instrument of music.
3.
Delicate work made with the fingers.

Definition 2024

fingering

fingering

English

Noun

fingering ‎(plural fingerings)

  1. (music, uncountable) The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.
    • 1813 CE: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
      She has a very good notion of fingering, though her taste is not equal to Anne's.
  2. (music, 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 penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's **** or anus.

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Verb

fingering

  1. present participle of finger
    • 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds
      "They have done a foolish thing," said I, fingering my wineglass.
    I caught my sister fingering herself.

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