fingering
Collocations
4ADJ.
good
VERB + FINGERING
play, using
FINGERING + NOUN
beads, prayer
ADV.
absently
Definitions
noun
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.
A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.
That chord has two fingerings.
The act of using the fingers to stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.
A thin woollen yarn for stockings.
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5She has a very good notion of fingering, though her taste is not equal to Anne's.
WiktionaryThat chord has two fingerings.
WiktionarySami was fingering his prayer beads.
Tatoeba · #7309826It must be hard to play using that fingering.
Tatoeba · #10074338His wife was still at the table, absently fingering the handle of her cup and staring fixedly out the window at the kennels behind the house.
Tatoeba · #11305403