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Fingertip

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. The extreme end or tip of a finger.

idiom. at (one's) fingertips Readily or instantly available.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. The end of the finger.

v. to move or deflect with the fingertips

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. the end (tip) of a finger.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. The end or tip of a finger.

n. In archery, a tip of leather or other material worn upon a drawing-finger to protect it from the friction of the bowstring.

n. plural On the coast of southern California, a plant of the stonecrop family, Stylophyllum edule, with tufted cylindrical leaves the size of a lead-pencil. The Indians used the leaves as a salad.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. the end (tip) of a finger

Word Usage

"And there are the scars which recall happy moments: one on my fingertip from a knife that slipped when I was chopping onions too fast, cooking up a storm for the man I loved."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

tip

Cross Reference

to have at one's finger-tips

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