fingering
noun
fin·ger·ing
ˈfiŋ-g(ə-)riŋ 
1
a
: the act or method of using the fingers in playing an instrument
b
: the marking (as by figures on a musical score) of the method of fingering
2
: the act or process of handling or touching with the fingers
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Five of those indicted alongside him have pleaded guilty to their crimes, each fingering Pratt as the ringleader.
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Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
There’s the fingering, there’s the picking, there’s the guitar choice, there’s the amplifier choice.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
This unique vibrator mimics the feeling of fingering with an internal motor that massages your G-spot—plus an external one that brings your clit in on the fun too.
—Kelsey Clark, Glamour, 16 Nov. 2023
Outside of the basic kissing, touching, fingering, shallowing technique, and massaging, there are other ways to turn yourself and your partner(s) on by foreplay in the bedroom and beyond.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Aug. 2023
Fireweed Mountain has a dozen fingering down its slopes.
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2023
To learn the correct fingering for piano tunes, an MMT user wears a fingerless glove that is connected, via wireless Bluetooth, to a laptop or cell phone that plays a song.
—Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012
The Lelo Ida Wave was designed to mimic the act of fingering, with a rounded portion that vibrates on the clit and a finger-like internal portion that moves and vibrates over the G-spot.
—Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2022
That often means mastering a particular passage or effect, then demonstrating to fellow violinists the bowing technique or fingering needed to achieve it.
—New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
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Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
There’s the fingering, there’s the picking, there’s the guitar choice, there’s the amplifier choice.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 2 Dec. 2023
This unique vibrator mimics the feeling of fingering with an internal motor that massages your G-spot—plus an external one that brings your clit in on the fun too.
—Kelsey Clark, Glamour, 16 Nov. 2023
Outside of the basic kissing, touching, fingering, shallowing technique, and massaging, there are other ways to turn yourself and your partner(s) on by foreplay in the bedroom and beyond.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Aug. 2023
Fireweed Mountain has a dozen fingering down its slopes.
—Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 29 July 2023
To learn the correct fingering for piano tunes, an MMT user wears a fingerless glove that is connected, via wireless Bluetooth, to a laptop or cell phone that plays a song.
—Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2012
The Lelo Ida Wave was designed to mimic the act of fingering, with a rounded portion that vibrates on the clit and a finger-like internal portion that moves and vibrates over the G-spot.
—Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2022
That often means mastering a particular passage or effect, then demonstrating to fellow violinists the bowing technique or fingering needed to achieve it.
—New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
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“Fingering.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fingering. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.
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