fingering

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fin=ger=ing

CIDE DICTIONARY

fingering, n. 

•  The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.  [1913 Webster]

  "The mere sight and fingering of money."  [1913 Webster]
•  The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc.  [1913 Webster]
•  The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers.  [1913 Webster]
•  Delicate work made with the fingers.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fingering, n.
1 a manner or technique of using the fingers, esp. to play an instrument.
2 an indication of this in a musical score.

fingering, n. fine wool for knitting.

Etymology

earlier fingram, perh. f. F fin grain, as GROGRAM f. gros grain

THESAURUS

fingering

cantando, caressing, characterization, demilegato, denomination, denotation, designation, differentiation, disclosure, execution, expression, feeling, friction, frottage, glissando, handling, hint, identification, indication, indicativeness, intonation, legato, manifestation, manipulation, meaning, mezzo staccato, music-making, naming, palpation, parlando, performance, petting, pianism, picking out, pizzicato, pointing, pointing out, pointing to, pressure, rendering, rendition, repercussion, rubato, rubbing, selection, show, showing, signification, slur, specification, spiccato, staccato, stroking, suggestion, symptomaticness, touch, touching