finger paint

¹

noun

1. a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.

finger-paint

²

[ fing-ger-peynt ]

verb (used with or without object)

1. to paint by using finger paints.

Other Words From

• finger painting noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of finger paint¹

First recorded in 1945–50

Origin of finger paint²

First recorded in 1950–55