fingertip
/ˈfɪŋɡətɪp
/noun
1The tip of a finger.She suffered injuries to her shoulder and neck and lost the feeling of the fingertips in her right hand....
- Smear it over the entire eyelid with your fingertips, then add black mascara and eye pencil along the upper lash line.
- I hold my hands in front of my face, the fingertips blanching a little in the cold.
1.1 [as modifier] Using or operated by the fingers: police made a fingertip search of the area...
- He appeared in court in a hooded white forensics suit - the type usually worn by police carrying out fingertip searches of crime scenes.
- Police immediately cordoned off the area as forensic experts carried out fingertip searches for evidence.
- Once the bleeding was under control, fingertip bandages work well to compress the injury.
Phrases
at one's fingertips
by one's fingertips
to one's fingertips
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