fingertip

American  

[fing-ger-tip] / ˈfɪŋ gərˌtɪp /

noun

• fingertips
  plural

1. the tip or end of a finger.

2. a covering used to protect the end joint of a finger.

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adjective

1. extending to the fingertips, as a coat, veil, etc..

   a fingertip jacket.

idioms

1. at one's fingertips,

   1. close at hand; easily or immediately available.

   2. at one's command or disposal, as recall of factual information.

      He has the answer at his fingertips.

2. to one's fingertips, thoroughly; perfectly.

   She was a politician to her fingertips.

fingertip British  

/ ˈfɪŋɡəˌtɪp /

noun

1. the end joint or tip of a finger

2. another term for fingerstall

3. readily available and within one's mental grasp

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• fingertips
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of fingertip

First recorded in 1835–45; finger + tip ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

fingertip fingertips

The author adds: “Which of our senior strategic leaders are experimenting, getting hands on, developing a fingertip feel for this new warfighting tech?”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

Where Robinson excelled was in expert use of the helpful conditions with immaculate line and length, topped off with fingertip control to have the ball skipping off the seam.

From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026

When a conductive material, such as a fingertip or even a drop of water, interacts with that field, it changes the screen's capacitance.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 26, 2026

"Absolutely", she says, confidently tapping her fingertip against the boxes marked 'Y'.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2025

“I remember this,” he said, and I followed his eyes down to the Band-Aid covering my fingertip.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

As the skipper of the 40-foot sloop First Light, Ms. Brauer had at her fingertips resources that would have amazed the salts of yore.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

The rock art which the Lost Land Bridge Project has uncovered includes engravings on the cave walls, paintings in ochre and charcoal and line sketches indented into clay and earth by fingertips.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

Which is so different now because everything’s at your fingertips, so you can’t really rely on like pulling back some nostalgia moment because it’s always around anyway now with the internet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

Many remember him as one of the “zip-tie guys”—he was photographed crossing the Senate floor in tactical gear, white flex-cuffs dangling from his fingertips.

From Slate ● May 28, 2026

It traveled through my brain and down my arms and fingertips to my legs and toes.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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