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Meaning of fingering

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

fingering

verb

Definitions

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

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

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

noun

Definitions

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

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

    Example: That chord has two fingerings.

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

  4. A thick woollen yarn for stockings.