- the tip or end of a finger.
- a covering used to protect the end joint of a finger.
- extending to the fingertips, as a coat, veil, etc.: a fingertip jacket.
- at one's fingertips,
- close at hand; easily or immediately available.
- at one's command or disposal, as recall of factual information: He has the answer at his fingertips.
- to one's fingertips, thoroughly; perfectly: She was a politician to her fingertips.
Origin of fingertip
First recorded in
1835–45; finger +
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Contemporary Examples of fingertips
Beyond large bank accounts, Silicon Valley's leaders have massive audiences of people at their fingertips.
The solution could be right at your fingertips, with a simple tilt of a glass.
How we lived so long without their archives sitting readily at our fingertips is a mystery.
And well, you just can't have that much information at your fingertips and assume no one is watching or tracking it.
She clambered naked out a third-floor window and hung by her fingertips, intending to let herself drop into the bushes below.
Historical Examples of fingertips
"Like herself—alive to the fingertips," he thought, and then he propped it against the pier-glass.
Dennison dug at the plate with his fingertips, but it would not come off.
The finest music, the greatest books and art, all at your fingertips.
So, may I request you to withdraw your ray-guns with two fingertips and put them on the floor?
She ran to it, and by raising herself on her toes was able to reach the shutter with her fingertips.
British Dictionary definitions for fingertips- the end joint or tip of a finger
- another term for fingerstall
- at one's fingertips readily available and within one's mental grasp
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Word Origin and History for fingertipsn.1824, from finger (n.) + tip (n.). Related: Fingertips.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
- The extreme end or tip of a finger.
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Idioms and Phrases with fingertipsThe American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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