Used in a Sentence

fingering

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for fingering.

Editorial note

OP might be too young to know what fingering (heh heh) means.

Examples14
Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

A thin woollen yarn for stockings.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of fingering gathered in one view.

noun

A thin woollen yarn for stockings.

noun

(music, uncountable) The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.

noun

(music, countable) A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for fingering.

noun

A thin woollen yarn for stockings.

noun

(music, uncountable) The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.

noun

(music, countable) A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.

noun

(uncountable) The act of using the fingers to stimulate one's own, or another person's, vulva, vagina, or anus.

Example sentences

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OP might be too young to know what fingering (heh heh) means.

2

Unless your post is blasted into oblivion it could just as well be fat-fingering an upvote on mobile.

3

Could still be much better, but looking forward to not accidentally fat fingering the comments link all the time.

4

If they have issues with employees fat fingering fares, perhaps they should review the internal controls.

5

Reading which note was what, them and then thinking about the corresponding fingering, doing it while following along with the beat...

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Fret bar indicators are quite common, and sometimes you'll see complete stacked fingering indicators.

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So if you find yourself with the choice, you have to use your own judgment to decide which fingering you think sounds better.

8

Classical guitar sheet music contains a lot of hints for fingering.

9

It's even better with animation to show the proper fingering.

10

It could boil down to having other intelligence fingering China, but the US doesn't want to expose and consequently draw attention to the source of the information.

11

I was learning saxophone at the time and couldn't really find a fingering chart software that can play the exact notes and vice versa.

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Sheet Music has an incomparable amount of timing information and other nuances, and tablature has the fingering positions you can sight read effortlessly once you've got the piece down.

Quote examples

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"People are afraid," says Vladimir Kuzmichov, a retired engineer nervously fingering his cash notes outside a Moscow bank.

Proper noun examples

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Fingering another vehicle deducts 5 points from their total and (to deter false reports) one from yours.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use fingering in a sentence?

OP might be too young to know what fingering (heh heh) means.

What does fingering mean?

A thin woollen yarn for stockings.

What part of speech is fingering?

fingering is commonly used as noun.