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noun
a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers.
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Origin of finger paint
First recorded in 1945–50
OTHER WORDS FROM finger paint
finger painting, nounWords nearby finger paint
Finger Lakes, fingerling, finger man, finger mark, fingernail, finger paint, finger painting, fingerpick, finger-pointing, finger post, fingerprint
Other definitions for finger paint (2 of 2)
finger-paint
[ fing-ger-peynt ]
/ ˈfɪŋ gərˌpeɪnt /
verb (used with or without object)
to paint by using finger paints.
Origin of finger-paint
First recorded in 1950–55
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