fingering

fingering (countable and uncountable, plural fingerings)

1. (music, uncountable) The act of using one's fingers in the playing of a musical instrument.
   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice:

     She has a very good notion of fingering, though her taste is not equal to Anne's.

2. (music, 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.

   Coordinate term: hand job

4. A thin woollen yarn for stockings.

   Synonym: sock yarn

• fingerer

fingering

1. present participle and gerund of finger