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

“Paranoid” and “Iron Man,” Iommi’s self-made fingertip “thimbles” and adaptive way of playing created unforgettable and hugely influential riffs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

Operating with no great pace – Robinson often has the wicketkeeper standing up – the Sussex man relentlessly targets the stumps and pads with unerring accuracy and fingertip control.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Though he didn’t lay a fingertip on the basketball, Robinson accomplished his mission, stretching his long arms into an obstacle even the super-sized Wembanyama couldn’t shoot over cleanly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

They created a compact optical amplifier, about the size of a fingertip, that can strengthen light signals while using very little energy and maintaining full bandwidth.

From Science Daily ● May 5, 2026

“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

The wife had all that information at her fingertips.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

He has not needed to go searching for wickets, instead just letting the ball flow naturally from his fingertips.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

Thank you, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, for bringing human knowledge to our fingertips, for “free.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 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

As soon as I had the envelope between my fingertips, Miss Buckner sat down.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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