fingering

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fingering

noun 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.
  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 sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vulva, vagina, or anus.
  4. countable, uncountable A thin woollen yarn for stockings.

    Similar: sock yarn

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of finger

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: thumb, feel, fingerbreadth, digit, fingerfuck, fingerwork, fingerer, fingerstyle, five-finger exercise, finger-counting, third finger, fingerfucker, finger painting, fist-fucking, fingertip, fisting

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noun playing a musical instrument

中文指法 zhǐfǎ
Portuguêsdedilhamento, dedilhação, digitação, dedilhado
Françaisdoigté
Italianomanualità, gestualità
Русскийаппликату́ра applikatúra

noun specific method

中文指法 zhǐfǎ
Portuguêsdigitação
DeutschFingersatz
Русскийаппликату́ра applikatúra
עבריתאִצְבּוּעַ itzbúa'

noun manual stimulation of the vulva, vagina or anus

Españolinsertar, dedear
日本語手マン te-man
中文指交 zhǐjiāo
Portuguêsdedilhação, siririca
Françaisdoigtage
Deutschfingern
Italianoditalino
Русскийфи́нгеринг fíngering

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@misc{fingering_2026,
  title = {fingering},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fingering},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}