fingering
/ˈfɪŋɡərɪŋ/
verb
- Present participle of finger; to touch or handle with the fingers.
- She kept fingering the necklace as she spoke.
- He was fingering the edge of the paper while thinking.
- The detective was fingering the evidence bag carefully.
Synonyms
noun
- The method or technique of using the fingers, especially in playing a musical instrument.
- Good fingering makes playing fast passages much easier.
- The piano teacher showed the student the correct fingering for the scale.
- He practiced the fingering for the guitar chord until it felt natural.
- The act of touching or handling something with the fingers.
- The artist's fingering of the clay helped shape the sculpture.
- She was nervous, and her fingering of the pen cap showed it.
- The child's constant fingering of the fabric left smudges on it.