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fingertip

(fɪŋgəʳtɪp) also finger-tip
Word forms: plural fingertips
1. countable noun [usually plural]
Your fingertips are the ends of your fingers.
The fat and flour are rubbed together with the fingertips as for pastry.
2. 
See at your fingertips

fingertip in British English

(ˈfɪŋɡəˌtɪp)
noun
1. 
the end joint or tip of a finger
2.  another term for fingerstall
3.  at one's fingertips

fingertip in American English

(ˈfɪŋgərˌtɪp)
noun
1. 
the tip of a finger
2. 
something used to protect the end of a finger
Idioms:
have at one's fingertips
to one's fingertips

Examples of 'fingertip' in a sentence
fingertip

Rub together with fingertips until resembling crumbs.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Make a well in the centre, add the butter and icing sugar and work them together with your fingertips.
The Sun (2016)
He sat back in his chair and pressed his fingertips together.
The Sun (2008)
Add the butter and sugar and gently work together with your fingertips.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Police were conducting a fingertip search of the street.
The Sun (2010)
Officers with dogs were conducting a fingertip search of the woods around their house yesterday.
The Sun (2016)
Forensic teams were carrying out a fingertip search of the rear garden yesterday.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Dozens of officers were deployed in a fingertip search for evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Officers in boiler suits conducted a fingertip search of the street for clues yesterday as post mortem examinations took place.
The Sun (2014)
Then he puts his fingertips together.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
One lane of the motorway was closed while more than 60 officers conducted a fingertip search.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Rub your thumb and a fingertip together lightly for a moment, and feel the tingle of sensations.
Wills, Christopher The Runaway Brain: the Evolution of Human Uniqueness (1993)
Meanwhile, forensic officers were carrying out a fingertip search of the ambulance and dusting it for prints.
The Sun (2007)
Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture reaches the consistency of sand, then stir in the sugar.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
When he sees anything suspicious, he lies flat on his stomach and carries out a fingertip search of the ground.
The Sun (2011)
The police appealed for help and officers made a fingertip search of the area where the attack took place on Thursday.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Sift the flour, salt and sugar into a bowl and rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture looks like fine crumbs.
The Sun (2012)
It's at the glaciers that you really get that fingertip feel for their presence because you are being channelled into the exact path they followed.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
A knife was discovered on a grass verge outside the victims' home during a fingertip search by forensics experts.
The Sun (2014)
Put in the butter, icing sugar and salt, and mix these ingredients together with your fingertips.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Dozens of officers have been making a fingertip search of fields, buildings and vehicles on the farm - and were still there last night.
The Sun (2006)

In other languages
fingertip

British English: fingertip NOUN
Your fingertips are the ends of your fingers.
The fat and flour are rubbed together with the fingertips as for pastry.
  • American English: fingertip
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ponta do dedo
  • Chinese: 指尖
  • European Spanish: yema del dedo
  • French: bout du doigt
  • German: Fingerspitze
  • Italian: punta del dito
  • Japanese: 指先
  • Korean: 손끝
  • European Portuguese: ponta do dedo
  • Latin American Spanish: yema del dedo

Chinese translation of 'fingertip'

fingertip

(ˈfɪŋɡətɪp)

n (c)

  1. 指尖 (zhǐjiān)
    to have sth at one's fingertips (at one's disposal) 轻(輕)而易举(舉)地得到某物 (qīng ér yì jǔ de dédào mǒuwù) (= know well) 对(對)某事了如指掌 (duì mǒushì liǎo rú zhǐ zhǎng)
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