fingertip

[ fing-ger-tip ]

/ ˈfɪŋ gərˌtɪp /

noun

the tip or end of a finger.

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

adjective

extending to the fingertips, as a coat, veil, etc.: a fingertip jacket.

Nearby words

fingerpick, fingerprint, fingerspell, fingerspelling, fingerstall, fingertip, fingertip search, fingertips, fingo, fini, finial

Idioms

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 + tip¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for fingertips

Beyond large bank accounts, Silicon Valley's leaders have massive audiences of people at their fingertips.
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The solution could be right at your fingertips, with a simple tilt of a glass.
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How we lived so long without their archives sitting readily at our fingertips is a mystery.
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And well, you just can't have that much information at your fingertips and assume no one is watching or tracking it.
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She clambered naked out a third-floor window and hung by her fingertips, intending to let herself drop into the bushes below.
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Toye took him in from crown to fingertips, with something deep behind his kindly smile.
The Thousandth Woman|Ernest W. Hornung
Weakness, I suppose, for the soles of my feet and my fingertips hurt me as though my nerves were bared to the touch.
Trapped in 'Black Russia'|Ruth Pierce
Success was at our fingertips, if we could have found it; instead, in panic and madness, we were destroying ourselves.
Greylorn|John Keith Laumer
Gussie sprang out, barely touching my offered hand with her fingertips.
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Somewhere, away back behind the consciousness of things, something snapped, and sent the blood tingling from toes to fingertips.
Across the Years|Eleanor H. Porter

British Dictionary definitions for fingertips

fingertip

/ (ˈfɪŋɡəˌtɪp) /

noun

the end joint or tip of a finger

another term for fingerstall

at one's fingertips readily available and within one's mental grasp

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

fingertip

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