fingertip

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
15
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈfɪŋɡɚˌtɪp/

Definition of fingertip

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. The tip of the human finger.
    “The traditional Thai greeting, the wai, is generally offered first by the youngest of the two people meeting, with their hands pressed together, fingertips pointing upwards as the head is bowed to touch their face to the hands.”
    “They were all professional to their fingertips, knew each other very well, and knew their disciplines backwards.”
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noun

  1. The tip of the human finger.
    “The traditional Thai greeting, the wai, is generally offered first by the youngest of the two people meeting, with their hands pressed together, fingertips pointing upwards as the head is bowed to touch their face to the hands.”
    “They were all professional to their fingertips, knew each other very well, and knew their disciplines backwards.”

verb

  1. (transitive)To move or deflect with the fingertips.
    “Then Rogne released Forrest with a diagonal ball and the winger tormented Broadfoot again before blasting a shot which McGregor managed to fingertip over his bar.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From finger + tip. Compare tiptoe and toetip.

Words you can make from fingertip

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2-letter words

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