fingering

noun

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

verb

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