fingertipn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈfɪŋɡətɪp/, U.S.

/ˈfɪŋɡərˌtɪp/

Forms:

α. see finger n. tip n.¹

β. 1600s fingers tip, 1700s– finger's tip.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: finger n., tip n.¹

Etymology: In α. forms < finger n. + tip n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of finger n. + tip n.¹ Compare earlier finger end n.

Chiefly in β. forms before the 19th cent.

A. n.

The tip of a person's finger. Cf. finger end n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > parts of

lithc1000

finger endc1300

fingertip1534

finger joint1657

pulp1686

finger point1823

α.

1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Biii Her fynger typs So clene.

1796 J. B. Gilchrist Gram. Hindoostanee Lang. 329 The distance from the finger tip of one hand to the other, while the arms are extended horizontally.

1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Launcelot & Queen Guinevere in Poems (new ed.) II. 208 As she sway'd The rein with dainty finger-tips.

1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 314 There was a bite at one's fingertips.

1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. xii. 99 Grandfather merely put his fingertips to his brow and bowed his venerable head.

1967 M. M. Wheat Survival Arts Primitive Paiutes 48/1 The hunter set out his decoys and ruffled the water with his fingertips to imitate the sound of feeding ducks.

2013 Sci. Amer. June 48/2 The solution sucks the water out of the cells, causing them to shrivel up like fingertips soaked in water too long.

β. 1619 T. Gataker Of Nature & Use Lots viii. 240 Delights of this kinde being well compared vnto Hony, with the fingers tip to be taken rather then with the whole hand.1637 J. Milton Comus 31 Thrice upon thy fingers tip.1678 G. Lesly Divine Dialogues 24 Let him dip In cooling water, but his fingers tip.1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus ii. 104 If in cold Water then you madly dip Your Hand; or only wet your Finger's Tip, Your Blood runs back.1844 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 615/1 A butterfly fluttered forth, and, alighting on her finger's tip, [etc.].1913 O. Hanson Kachins x. 103 From the finger's tip to the middle of the chest.

B. adj. (attributive).

1. Of or relating to a fingertip or fingertips; carried out by means of a fingertip or fingertips.

ΚΠ

1878 Dublin Rev. Oct. 431 Mr. Spencer..enumerates..coexistence of subject and object..finger-tip feelings..tactual and motor impressions, [etc.].

1893 C. Wilson Mountaineering vii. 121 Various anomalous kinds of handhold are met with upon more difficult rocks; for instance, finger-tip holds, side-holds, and holds facing downwards.

1921 J. B. Deaver & D. B. Pfeiffer in W. W. Keen Surgery VIII. xliii. 437 This is best determined by finger-tip palpation and comparison with the opposite side.

1959 Observer 7 June 31/1 A great bout of finger-tip handling right across the Australian goalmouth.

2016 Irish Independent (Nexis) 26 May 72 Those little flick-passes with just a fingertip touch always seem to find a man.

2. Archaeology. Designating ornamentation on a ceramic jar, urn, etc., produced by the impression of the tip of a finger; featuring, associated with, or relating to this style of ornamentation. Cf. fingertipping n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > having specific decoration

cane-coloured1787

blue-printed1797

crackled1876

rice grain1876

soufflé1878

fingertip1914

rusticated1916

Nuzi1941

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > having specific decoration > relating to

cane colour1866

fingertip1914

1904 Wisconsin Archeologist 11 17 Fig. 19 has two horizontal rows of finger-tip impressions.]

1914 Ann. Brit. School Athens 1912–13 19 19 A fragment of a flowerpot-shaped vessel;..roughly decorated with ‘finger-tip’ ornament.

1928 O. G. S. Crawford & A. Keiller Wessex from Air 10 If it was constructed, as he concludes, by the finger-tip people.

1928 O. G. S. Crawford & A. Keiller Wessex from Air 200 The fragment of a typical finger-tip urn.

1961 Antiquaries Jrnl. 41 36 Two shoulder sherds..with stick impression or impressed finger-tip decoration.

2001 Oxoniensia 65 182 A number of characteristically early forms are present, such as two well-defined shoulder sherds and a single body sherd and three rims with fingertip decoration.

3. Fashion. Of a garment, esp. a coat or jacket: reaching down to the level of the fingertips (when the arms are resting by the sides of the body).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific length

foot-sideOE

sideOE

long-side1575

sidelong1575

nock-shorn1632

talarian1671

three-quarter1713

overknee1831

talaric1853

high water1856

ankle-length1876

long1882

hip-length1893

knee-length1895

thigh-length1895

fingertip1920

mid-calf1931

wrist-length1935

floor-length1939

cropped1954

waltz-length1958

two-thirds1963

calf-length1965

midi1968

1920 Amer. Cloak & Suit Rev. Feb. 181/3 The finger-tip jacket is of the open front type.

1953 Marion (Ohio) Star 6 Nov. 20/5 (caption) Fingertip tweed with quilted wool lining.

1977 Bryan (Ohio) Times 29 July 7/3 The lace came through the poncho to fasten in back with the fingertip poncho floating free.

2012 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 May (Life & Style section) 12 He might add an exquisitely tailored grey wool fingertip coat.

4. Of a mechanical or electrical device: that can be operated by a light touch or movement of the fingers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > light to handle or more

flippant1677

fingertip1932

1932 N.Y. Times 8 May xx. 5/5 Other great Nash features, including..finger-tip seat adjustment.

1937 Times 13 Apr. p. xxii/4 A ‘finger-tip’ adjustment for setting the brake shoes to the correct clearance.

1960 News Chron. 19 Feb. 8/7 The fingertip light switch.

2013 R. A. Mann & J. Lee Gun Digest Bk. Mod. Gun Values 309/3 Match trigger with fingertip weight adjustment dial.

Phrases

P1. to one's (also the) fingertips: all over or throughout one's body; completely, thoroughly, through and through.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through

to the boneOE

through and throughc1225

out and outc1300

from top to tail1303

out and inc1390

(from) head to heel (also heels)c1400

(from) head to foot (also feet)c1425

from top to (into, unto) toec1425

to the skin1526

to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530

from first to last1536

up and down1542

whole out1562

to the pith1587

to the back1594

from A to (also until) Z1612

from clew to earing1627

from top to bottom1666

back and edge1673

all hollow1762

(all) to pieces1788

from A to Za1821

to one's (also the) fingertips1825

to one's fingernails1851

from tip to toe1853

down to the ground1859

to the backbone1864

right the way1867

pur sang1893

from the ground up1895

in and out1895

from soda (card) to hock1902

1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 544 The trees clothed to their finger-tips with foliage.

1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties 45 I redden to my finger-tips.

1907 Daily Chron. 21 Jan. 3/5 Alive with science to the finger tips.

1929 F. Hackett Henry VIII viii. 417 He was a magnate to his finger-tips.

1961 J. McCabe Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy (1962) iii. 75 He was an artist to his fingertips once he got going.

2006 Independent 10 June 37/5 A law-abiding creature to my fingertips, I had never so much as shoplifted.

P2. at one's fingertips (also fingers' tips): within easy reach; readily available or accessible. Cf. at one's fingers' (also finger) ends at finger end n. Phrases 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > near or accessible

at handeOE

to handOE

at one's fingertips (also fingers' tips)1861

1861 Circular (Oneida, N.Y.) 11 July 91/2 They have really had their own liberty at their finger-tips for years.

1870 Harper's Mag. Nov. 864/1 The best learning that the world affords, my Bert has at his fingers' tips.

1885 Bot. Gaz. 10 389 An index which will put at their finger tips all the information which the Botanical Gazette has contributed for ten years.

1918 Eccl. Rev. Feb. 209 As you seem to have those decrees at your fingers' tips, would you quote it for us?

1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 54 He had at his fingertips the most recent experimental values of the constants.

2007 N. Rosen How to live Off-grid vii. 285 I was aware that Robin would not have the latest thinking at his fingertips, but his answer was useful.

P3. figurative. by one's fingertips and variants: by a very narrow margin, barely, only just; used with reference to a situation in which a position is maintained only with great difficulty. Chiefly in to hang (also hold, cling, etc.) on (to something) by one's fingertips. Cf. by one's fingernails at fingernail n. Phrases 3. Cf. also by the skin of one's teeth at skin n. Phrases 7.

ΚΠ

1916 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 16 Aug. 7/2 The Blues lost and are now hanging on to first place by their finger tips.

1962 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Oct. 14/6 A throw-in in a 1956 trade with Boston, close to being cut in camp, unhappily hanging on by his fingertips, the St. Louis Hawk is now a big success.

1978 A. H. Chapman Treatm. Techniques Harry Stack Sullivan vi. 112 Patient: I feel that all the time I'm just holding on by my fingertips.

1996 S. Liversedge Not Just Another Club (1998) vi. 63 United's manager was ‘clinging by his finger-tips’ to the job.

2009 I. Pears Stone's Fall (2010) vi. 37 A few houses were owned by shopkeepers or clerks desperately clinging to respectability by their fingertips.

Compounds

fingertip control n. (a) control of a vehicle or device using one's fingertip or fingertips; (also) the ability of a vehicle or device to be controlled in this way (sometimes implying only the lightest touch is needed); (b) (chiefly plural) a mechanism, especially a switch or button, that may be operated with a fingertip or fingertips.

ΚΠ

1908 Chicago Sunday Tribune 2 Aug. 10 (advt.) Now try and conceive..a car vibrant with pent-up power under finger-tip control.

1921 Chicago Tribune 2 Feb. 17 (advt.) A right hand or left hand turn is signalled by Auto Indicator at the touch of a finger on the finger-tip control.

1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 195/2 (advt.) A handsome Walker Electric Heating Pad with the famous Brailway Switch for carefree fingertip control.

1989 Times 29 Aug. 10/5 Your mouse usually has finger-tip controls for selecting a function or entering a command.

2000 I. Graham Bks. & Newspapers (2003) 14 The speed of paper through a newspaper printing press can be set very precisely using fingertip controls.

2007 Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune 28 Jan. f1 The machine's jet nozzle with fingertip control allows the user to choose between a continuous and intermittent stream of steam.

fingertip save n. Association Football a save (save n.² 2a) made with the tips of the goalkeeper's fingers (typically implying that the ball is only just within reach and is tipped over the crossbar or past the post).

ΚΠ

1934 Manch. Guardian 8 Jan. 3/1 Swift made a rather lucky finger-tip save as he ran out in despair to check Lochhead.

1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 14 June (Sport section) 44 Time and again he thwarted the best-laid plans of the Dutch with fingertip saves off fierce volleys and headers.

2011 J. Orme Victory Boys 58 Hasan had to spectacularly deny them an early lead with an acrobatic fingertip save over the bar.

fingertip search n. British (a) a search using one’s fingertips; (b) a systematic and meticulous examination of a crime scene for evidence, conducted by multiple police officers or other enlisted personnel (now the usual sense).

ΚΠ

1945 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 366/1 I remember an age-long fingertip search.

1956 Jen-sal Jrnl. Sept. 27/2 Begin the systematic finger tip search for the testicle and cord.

1980 Guardian 31 Oct. 22/4 The ‘finger-tip search’ in which officers crawl in a line, parting each tuft of grass with their fingers, would not involve digging.

1994 Times 28 Sept. 3/3 A finger-tip search of the Paceys' home has been carried out.

2007 C. Scott Crime Scene Detective 9 If the crime scene is small enough, CSIs may carry out a fingertip search for evidence.

fingertip veil n. a type of medium-length bridal veil that reaches to just below the waist (or, with the arms at rest by one's side, to the fingertips).

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > veil > types of

flockard1465

power1526

crispa1592

fall1611

mant1651

mantilla1717

bridal veil1769

litham1839

voilette1842

yashmak1844

weeper1845

birdcage veil1888

fingertip veil1888

ghoonghat1916

spiderveil1922

niqab1936

full veil1937

1888 Seymour (Texas) Weekly Cresset 1 Mar. Her fingertip veil of bridal illusion was attached to a smart pleated headdress.

1936 Washington Post 27 Sept. 10/2 Beaming Erika in her white satin bridal gown and fingertip veil.

2013 T. Fowler Unintentionally Yours xvi. 184 Both women had gasped when she stepped out in the gown with her hair pulled up in loose curls and her fingertip veil.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fingertip
释义	fingertipn.adj. Brit. /ˈfɪŋɡətɪp/, U.S. /ˈfɪŋɡərˌtɪp/ Forms: α. see finger n. tip n.¹ β. 1600s fingers tip, 1700s– finger's tip. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: finger n., tip n.¹ Etymology: In α. forms < finger n. + tip n.¹ In β. forms < the genitive of finger n. + tip n.¹ Compare earlier finger end n. Chiefly in β. forms before the 19th cent. A. n. The tip of a person's finger. Cf. finger end n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > parts of lithc1000 finger endc1300 fingertip1534 finger joint1657 pulp1686 finger point1823 α. 1534 J. Heywood Play of Loue sig. Biii Her fynger typs So clene. 1796 J. B. Gilchrist Gram. Hindoostanee Lang. 329 The distance from the finger tip of one hand to the other, while the arms are extended horizontally. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Sir Launcelot & Queen Guinevere in Poems (new ed.) II. 208 As she sway'd The rein with dainty finger-tips. 1883 E. Pennell-Elmhirst Cream Leics. 314 There was a bite at one's fingertips. 1918 W. Cather My Ántonia i. xii. 99 Grandfather merely put his fingertips to his brow and bowed his venerable head. 1967 M. M. Wheat Survival Arts Primitive Paiutes 48/1 The hunter set out his decoys and ruffled the water with his fingertips to imitate the sound of feeding ducks. 2013 Sci. Amer. June 48/2 The solution sucks the water out of the cells, causing them to shrivel up like fingertips soaked in water too long. β. 1619 T. Gataker Of Nature & Use Lots viii. 240 Delights of this kinde being well compared vnto Hony, with the fingers tip to be taken rather then with the whole hand.1637 J. Milton Comus 31 Thrice upon thy fingers tip.1678 G. Lesly Divine Dialogues 24 Let him dip In cooling water, but his fingers tip.1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus ii. 104 If in cold Water then you madly dip Your Hand; or only wet your Finger's Tip, Your Blood runs back.1844 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. June 615/1 A butterfly fluttered forth, and, alighting on her finger's tip, [etc.].1913 O. Hanson Kachins x. 103 From the finger's tip to the middle of the chest. B. adj. (attributive). 1. Of or relating to a fingertip or fingertips; carried out by means of a fingertip or fingertips. ΚΠ 1878 Dublin Rev. Oct. 431 Mr. Spencer..enumerates..coexistence of subject and object..finger-tip feelings..tactual and motor impressions, [etc.]. 1893 C. Wilson Mountaineering vii. 121 Various anomalous kinds of handhold are met with upon more difficult rocks; for instance, finger-tip holds, side-holds, and holds facing downwards. 1921 J. B. Deaver & D. B. Pfeiffer in W. W. Keen Surgery VIII. xliii. 437 This is best determined by finger-tip palpation and comparison with the opposite side. 1959 Observer 7 June 31/1 A great bout of finger-tip handling right across the Australian goalmouth. 2016 Irish Independent (Nexis) 26 May 72 Those little flick-passes with just a fingertip touch always seem to find a man. 2. Archaeology. Designating ornamentation on a ceramic jar, urn, etc., produced by the impression of the tip of a finger; featuring, associated with, or relating to this style of ornamentation. Cf. fingertipping n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > having specific decoration cane-coloured1787 blue-printed1797 crackled1876 rice grain1876 soufflé1878 fingertip1914 rusticated1916 Nuzi1941 society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > having specific decoration > relating to cane colour1866 fingertip1914 1904 Wisconsin Archeologist 11 17 Fig. 19 has two horizontal rows of finger-tip impressions.] 1914 Ann. Brit. School Athens 1912–13 19 19 A fragment of a flowerpot-shaped vessel;..roughly decorated with ‘finger-tip’ ornament. 1928 O. G. S. Crawford & A. Keiller Wessex from Air 10 If it was constructed, as he concludes, by the finger-tip people. 1928 O. G. S. Crawford & A. Keiller Wessex from Air 200 The fragment of a typical finger-tip urn. 1961 Antiquaries Jrnl. 41 36 Two shoulder sherds..with stick impression or impressed finger-tip decoration. 2001 Oxoniensia 65 182 A number of characteristically early forms are present, such as two well-defined shoulder sherds and a single body sherd and three rims with fingertip decoration. 3. Fashion. Of a garment, esp. a coat or jacket: reaching down to the level of the fingertips (when the arms are resting by the sides of the body). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > of specific length foot-sideOE sideOE long-side1575 sidelong1575 nock-shorn1632 talarian1671 three-quarter1713 overknee1831 talaric1853 high water1856 ankle-length1876 long1882 hip-length1893 knee-length1895 thigh-length1895 fingertip1920 mid-calf1931 wrist-length1935 floor-length1939 cropped1954 waltz-length1958 two-thirds1963 calf-length1965 midi1968 1920 Amer. Cloak & Suit Rev. Feb. 181/3 The finger-tip jacket is of the open front type. 1953 Marion (Ohio) Star 6 Nov. 20/5 (caption) Fingertip tweed with quilted wool lining. 1977 Bryan (Ohio) Times 29 July 7/3 The lace came through the poncho to fasten in back with the fingertip poncho floating free. 2012 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 26 May (Life & Style section) 12 He might add an exquisitely tailored grey wool fingertip coat. 4. Of a mechanical or electrical device: that can be operated by a light touch or movement of the fingers. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > lightness > [adjective] > light to handle or more flippant1677 fingertip1932 1932 N.Y. Times 8 May xx. 5/5 Other great Nash features, including..finger-tip seat adjustment. 1937 Times 13 Apr. p. xxii/4 A ‘finger-tip’ adjustment for setting the brake shoes to the correct clearance. 1960 News Chron. 19 Feb. 8/7 The fingertip light switch. 2013 R. A. Mann & J. Lee Gun Digest Bk. Mod. Gun Values 309/3 Match trigger with fingertip weight adjustment dial. Phrases P1. to one's (also the) fingertips: all over or throughout one's body; completely, thoroughly, through and through. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through to the boneOE through and throughc1225 out and outc1300 from top to tail1303 out and inc1390 (from) head to heel (also heels)c1400 (from) head to foot (also feet)c1425 from top to (into, unto) toec1425 to the skin1526 to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530 from first to last1536 up and down1542 whole out1562 to the pith1587 to the back1594 from A to (also until) Z1612 from clew to earing1627 from top to bottom1666 back and edge1673 all hollow1762 (all) to pieces1788 from A to Za1821 to one's (also the) fingertips1825 to one's fingernails1851 from tip to toe1853 down to the ground1859 to the backbone1864 right the way1867 pur sang1893 from the ground up1895 in and out1895 from soda (card) to hock1902 1825 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 544 The trees clothed to their finger-tips with foliage. 1886 R. Kipling Departm. Ditties 45 I redden to my finger-tips. 1907 Daily Chron. 21 Jan. 3/5 Alive with science to the finger tips. 1929 F. Hackett Henry VIII viii. 417 He was a magnate to his finger-tips. 1961 J. McCabe Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy (1962) iii. 75 He was an artist to his fingertips once he got going. 2006 Independent 10 June 37/5 A law-abiding creature to my fingertips, I had never so much as shoplifted. P2. at one's fingertips (also fingers' tips): within easy reach; readily available or accessible. Cf. at one's fingers' (also finger) ends at finger end n. Phrases 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > near by [phrase] > near or accessible at handeOE to handOE at one's fingertips (also fingers' tips)1861 1861 Circular (Oneida, N.Y.) 11 July 91/2 They have really had their own liberty at their finger-tips for years. 1870 Harper's Mag. Nov. 864/1 The best learning that the world affords, my Bert has at his fingers' tips. 1885 Bot. Gaz. 10 389 An index which will put at their finger tips all the information which the Botanical Gazette has contributed for ten years. 1918 Eccl. Rev. Feb. 209 As you seem to have those decrees at your fingers' tips, would you quote it for us? 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 54 He had at his fingertips the most recent experimental values of the constants. 2007 N. Rosen How to live Off-grid vii. 285 I was aware that Robin would not have the latest thinking at his fingertips, but his answer was useful. P3. figurative. by one's fingertips and variants: by a very narrow margin, barely, only just; used with reference to a situation in which a position is maintained only with great difficulty. Chiefly in to hang (also hold, cling, etc.) on (to something) by one's fingertips. Cf. by one's fingernails at fingernail n. Phrases 3. Cf. also by the skin of one's teeth at skin n. Phrases 7. ΚΠ 1916 Atchison (Kansas) Daily Globe 16 Aug. 7/2 The Blues lost and are now hanging on to first place by their finger tips. 1962 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Oct. 14/6 A throw-in in a 1956 trade with Boston, close to being cut in camp, unhappily hanging on by his fingertips, the St. Louis Hawk is now a big success. 1978 A. H. Chapman Treatm. Techniques Harry Stack Sullivan vi. 112 Patient: I feel that all the time I'm just holding on by my fingertips. 1996 S. Liversedge Not Just Another Club (1998) vi. 63 United's manager was ‘clinging by his finger-tips’ to the job. 2009 I. Pears Stone's Fall (2010) vi. 37 A few houses were owned by shopkeepers or clerks desperately clinging to respectability by their fingertips. Compounds fingertip control n. (a) control of a vehicle or device using one's fingertip or fingertips; (also) the ability of a vehicle or device to be controlled in this way (sometimes implying only the lightest touch is needed); (b) (chiefly plural) a mechanism, especially a switch or button, that may be operated with a fingertip or fingertips. ΚΠ 1908 Chicago Sunday Tribune 2 Aug. 10 (advt.) Now try and conceive..a car vibrant with pent-up power under finger-tip control. 1921 Chicago Tribune 2 Feb. 17 (advt.) A right hand or left hand turn is signalled by Auto Indicator at the touch of a finger on the finger-tip control. 1952 Good Housek. (U.S. ed.) Dec. 195/2 (advt.) A handsome Walker Electric Heating Pad with the famous Brailway Switch for carefree fingertip control. 1989 Times 29 Aug. 10/5 Your mouse usually has finger-tip controls for selecting a function or entering a command. 2000 I. Graham Bks. & Newspapers (2003) 14 The speed of paper through a newspaper printing press can be set very precisely using fingertip controls. 2007 Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune 28 Jan. f1 The machine's jet nozzle with fingertip control allows the user to choose between a continuous and intermittent stream of steam. fingertip save n. Association Football a save (save n.² 2a) made with the tips of the goalkeeper's fingers (typically implying that the ball is only just within reach and is tipped over the crossbar or past the post). ΚΠ 1934 Manch. Guardian 8 Jan. 3/1 Swift made a rather lucky finger-tip save as he ran out in despair to check Lochhead. 1988 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 14 June (Sport section) 44 Time and again he thwarted the best-laid plans of the Dutch with fingertip saves off fierce volleys and headers. 2011 J. Orme Victory Boys 58 Hasan had to spectacularly deny them an early lead with an acrobatic fingertip save over the bar. fingertip search n. British (a) a search using one’s fingertips; (b) a systematic and meticulous examination of a crime scene for evidence, conducted by multiple police officers or other enlisted personnel (now the usual sense). ΚΠ 1945 Blackwood's Mag. Dec. 366/1 I remember an age-long fingertip search. 1956 Jen-sal Jrnl. Sept. 27/2 Begin the systematic finger tip search for the testicle and cord. 1980 Guardian 31 Oct. 22/4 The ‘finger-tip search’ in which officers crawl in a line, parting each tuft of grass with their fingers, would not involve digging. 1994 Times 28 Sept. 3/3 A finger-tip search of the Paceys' home has been carried out. 2007 C. Scott Crime Scene Detective 9 If the crime scene is small enough, CSIs may carry out a fingertip search for evidence. fingertip veil n. a type of medium-length bridal veil that reaches to just below the waist (or, with the arms at rest by one's side, to the fingertips). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > veil > types of flockard1465 power1526 crispa1592 fall1611 mant1651 mantilla1717 bridal veil1769 litham1839 voilette1842 yashmak1844 weeper1845 birdcage veil1888 fingertip veil1888 ghoonghat1916 spiderveil1922 niqab1936 full veil1937 1888 Seymour (Texas) Weekly Cresset 1 Mar. Her fingertip veil of bridal illusion was attached to a smart pleated headdress. 1936 Washington Post 27 Sept. 10/2 Beaming Erika in her white satin bridal gown and fingertip veil. 2013 T. Fowler Unintentionally Yours xvi. 184 Both women had gasped when she stepped out in the gown with her hair pulled up in loose curls and her fingertip veil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). fingertipv. Brit. /ˈfɪŋɡətɪp/, U.S. /ˈfɪŋɡərˌtɪp/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: fingertip n. Etymology: < fingertip n. In use with reference to Association Football after fingertip save n. at fingertip n. and adj. Compounds. 1. transitive. To touch or move with the tip or tips of a finger or fingers. Now chiefly Association Football: (of a goalkeeper) to save (a shot, ball, etc.) with the fingertips (see fingertip save n. at fingertip n. and adj. Compounds). ΚΠ 1831 Quizzical Gaz. 19 Nov. His Jewsharp tuned—Nick quickly His Tripod high ascending, So neatly tongued and finger-tipped It. 1953 M. Kennedy Pecking Order ii. iii. 108 They extended their arms and fingertipped the wall and one another as they inched along. 1974 Times Herald Rec. (Middletown, N.Y.) 27 June 124/3 Tomaszewski anticipated it brilliantly and flung himself down to finger-tip the ball around the post. 1983 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 16 Sept. Toronto goalkeeper Jan Moller..provided the heroics, fingertipping to safety a blistering drive from Vancouver's Peter Beardsley. 1997 P. O'Leary Gift 42 He fingertipped the mound of skin below his dead eye. 2014 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 Oct. (Sport section) 6 David Forde made his only save of the match when he fingertipped a Joseph Chipolina header over the crossbar. 2. transitive. To tap out (a rhythm) on a surface with the tips of the fingers.rare after the 1960s. ΚΠ 1941 National Elem. Principal July 357 Work in choric speech appeals to the children, and in finger-tipping the rhythm they learn a valuable aid for testing the rhythm of their own compositions. 1953 Amer. Childhood Dec. 36/2 The poem is recited in a whisper, each child finger tipping the rhythm as he reads. 1966 Instructor Mar. 88/1 Re-read the verse and have the children clap or finger-tip the rhythm. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1534v.1831
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fingertipn.adj.

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