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fingering en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  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. 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:
  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 stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.
  4. (countable, uncountable) A thin woollen yarn for stockings.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
fingerings Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

hand job

Relateds

manual sex · fingerer

Synonyms

sock yarn

Translations (52)

de Fingersatz (specific method) · scn jitata (sexual act) · ja 手マン (sexual act) · scn jitaleḍḍu (sexual act) · pl palcówka (sexual act) · cs prstoklad (specific method) · fi sormitus (playing a musical instrument) · fi sormitus (sexual act) · sk prstoklad (specific method) · fi sormetus (sexual act) · ca inserció del dit (sexual act) · pl palcowanie (playing a musical instrument) · ka თითაობა (sexual act) · fi sormiseksi (sexual act) · fr doigté (playing a musical instrument) · es dedear (sexual act) · mi pokipoki (playing a musical instrument) · ru аппликату́ра (playing a musical instrument) · he אִצְבּוּעַ (specific method) · nl vingeren (sexual act) · pt dedilhação (playing a musical instrument) · pt dedilhado (playing a musical instrument) · it gestualità (playing a musical instrument) · tr parmaklama (sexual act) · cs prstění (sexual act) · hu ujjrend (playing a musical instrument) · th ตกเบ็ด (sexual act) · cmn 指法 (specific method) · fa-ira اَنْگُل کَرْدَن (sexual act) · th ใช้นิ้ว (sexual act) · fr doigtage (sexual act) · ru фи́нгеринг (sexual act) · scn sfissijata (sexual act) · ca digitació (specific method) · pt dedilhamento (playing a musical instrument) · it manualità (playing a musical instrument) · tr tıngırdatma (playing a musical instrument) · es insertar (sexual act) · cmn 指法 (playing a musical instrument) · ru аппликату́ра (specific method) · pt siririca (sexual act) · cmn 指交 (sexual act) · fi sormitus (specific method) · ca digitació (playing a musical instrument) · de fingern (sexual act) · pt digitação (playing a musical instrument) · es insertar (sexual act) · pl aplikatura (playing a musical instrument) · it ditalino (sexual act) · id colmek (sexual act) · pt digitação (specific method) · pt dedilhação (sexual act)

fingering en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of finger
    form of finger