paint made from starch, glycerine, and pigments and applied with the fingers, hand, or arm
finger paint in American English
noun
a jellylike paint, used chiefly by children in painting, usually with their fingers
Derived forms
finger painting
Word origin
[1945–50]This word is first recorded in the period 1945–50. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: RNA, beeper, individual medley, regression analysis, synchronized swimming
finger-paint in American English
(ˈfɪŋɡərˌpeint)
transitive verb or intransitive verb
to paint by using finger paints
Word origin
[1950–55]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Common Market, International Gothic, action painting, point spread, wiretap