fingering

verb

  1. 1

    To identify or point out. Also put the finger on. To report to or identify for the authorities, rat on, rat out, squeal on, tattle on, turn in.

  2. 2

    To poke, probe, feel, or fondle with a finger or fingers.

  3. 3

    To use the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus; to fingerbang

  4. 4

    To use specified finger positions in producing notes on a musical instrument.

  5. 5

    To provide instructions in written music as to which fingers are to be used to produce particular notes or passages.

  6. 6

    To query (a user's status) using the Finger protocol.

  7. 7

    To steal; to purloin.

  8. 8

    To execute, as any delicate work.

noun

  1. 1

    The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.

  2. 2

    A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.

    That chord has two fingerings.
  3. 3

    The act of using the fingers to penetrate and sexually stimulate one's own or another person's vagina or anus.

  4. 4

    A thick woollen yarn for stockings.

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