fingering
finger work
stopping
five-finger exercise
tablature
hammer-on
fingerpick
cajón
fretboard
arpeggio
twankle
fine motor skill
instrumentlike
digitally
tip
fingerpicking
pizzicato
techniphone
claviature
spoons
finger
fork F
manual
handle
pull-off
snap one's fingers
scabellum
fullhanded
tuck
pinch
glass harmonica
thumbwheel
awkward
hand percussion
loof
maniform
sign of the horns
fourchette
mallet
chiroplast
fairy clap
strike
hit
bone
god hand
chuck
handcare
guitar
tongs
interdigital
player
mawks
thumbstroke
interphalangeal joint
dactylose
glove
crack one's fingers
handsies
tweezer
volar
pair of pincers
clap
pincer
claw hammer
pair of tweezers
pandy
spanner
wrench
knuckle
pinky
penhold
pick at
thenad
capotasto
pianoing
demonstrator
electronic sackbut
pronated
riffle
choke
click
teacher
digital
fret
index
fingertapping
tasto
tab
middle finger
theremin
instrumentlike
pizzicato
manual
fullhanded
awkward
maniform
interdigital
dactylose
volar
pronated
digital
digitally
thenad
fingering
finger work
stopping
five-finger exercise
tablature
hammer-on
cajón
fretboard
fine motor skill
fingerpicking
techniphone
claviature
spoons
fork F
pull-off
tip
manual
scabellum
glass harmonica
thumbwheel
hand percussion
loof
sign of the horns
fourchette
mallet
chiroplast
fairy clap
bone
god hand
chuck
handcare
guitar
tuck
tongs
player
mawks
thumbstroke
interphalangeal joint
glove
handsies
tweezer
pair of pincers
pincer
claw hammer
pair of tweezers
pandy
spanner
wrench
knuckle
pinky
penhold
capotasto
pianoing
demonstrator
electronic sackbut
click
teacher
fret
index
fingertapping
tasto
tab
middle finger
theremin
fingerpick
arpeggio
twankle
tip
finger
handle
snap one's fingers
tuck
pinch
strike
hit
crack one's fingers
clap
pick at
riffle
choke
verb
- To deflect with one′s fingers, especially one′s fingertips.
- (To cause) to be, or come to be, in a tilted or sloping position; (to cause) to become unbalanced.
- To dump (refuse).
- To provide with a tip; to cover the tip of.
- To cause the contents of a container to be emptied out by tilting it.
- To give a small gratuity to, especially to an employee of someone who provides a service.
- To predict or bet on something having a particular outcome.
- (To cause) to become knocked over, fall down or overturn.
- To give a piece of private information to; to inform (someone) of a clue, secret knowledge, etc.
- To pour a libation or a liquid from a container, particularly from a forty of malt liquor.
- To give, pass.
noun
- The act of deflecting with one's fingers, especially the fingertips
- Synonym of eartip (“part of earbuds”)
- A thin, boarded brush made of camel's hair, used by gilders in lifting gold leaf.
- A small piece of meat.
- A gratuity; a small amount of money left for a bartender, waiter, taxi driver or other servant as a token of appreciation.
- A recycling centre.
- A piece of advice.
- Rubbish thrown from a quarry.
- The end of a bow of a stringed instrument that is not held.
- A very untidy place.
- A piece of metal, fabric or other material used to cover the top of something for protection, utility or decoration.
- An area or a place for dumping something, such as rubbish or refuse, as from a mine; a heap (see tipple); a dump.
- A piece of stiffened lining pasted on the inside of a hat crown.
- An act of tipping up or tilting.
- A kick or phase; one's current habits or behaviour.
- A tram for expeditiously transferring coal.
- A particular arena or sphere of interest; a front.
- The extreme end of something, especially when pointed; e.g. the sharp end of a pencil.
- A piece of private or secret information, especially imparted by someone with expert knowledge about sporting odds, business performance etc.
- A prediction or bet about the outcome of something.
adj
- Operated by means of the hands.
- Performed with the hands.
- Performed by a human rather than a machine.
noun
- A keyboard for the hands on a harpsichord, organ, or other musical instrument.
- A vehicle with a manual transmission.
- A similar maneuver on a skateboard, lifting the front or back wheels while keeping the tail or nose of the board from touching the ground.
- A drill in the use of weapons, etc.
- Manual control or operation.
- A handbook.
- An old office-book like the modern Roman Catholic ritual.
- A manual typewriter (as contrasted with an electronic one).
- Manual measurement of the blood pressure, done with a manual sphygmomanometer.
- A bicycle technique whereby the front wheel is held aloft by the rider, without the use of pedal force.
- A manual transmission; a gearbox, especially of a motorized vehicle, shifted by the operator.
- A booklet that instructs on the usage of a particular machine or product.
verb
- To use the hands.
- To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- To manage, control, or direct.
- To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
noun
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- A point, an extremity of land.
- The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- A name, nickname or pseudonym.
- A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
verb
- To keep the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
- To sew folds; to make a tuck or tucks in.
- To push into a snug position; to place somewhere safe or somewhat hidden.
- To pull or gather up (an item of fabric).
- To eat; to consume.
- To conceal one’s penis and testicles, as with a gaff or by fastening them down with adhesive tape.
- To curl into a ball; to fold up and hold one's legs.
- To full, as cloth.
- To fit neatly.
noun
- The act of keeping the thumb in position while moving the rest of the hand over it to continue playing keys that are outside the thumb.
- The beat of a drum.
- A fold in fabric that has been stitched in place from end to end, as to reduce the overall dimension of the fabric piece.
- A plastic surgery technique to remove excess skin.
- An act of tucking; a pleat or fold.
- A curled position.
- A curled position, with the shins held towards the body.
- The afterpart of a ship, immediately under the stern or counter, where the ends of the bottom planks are collected and terminate by the tuck-rail.
verb
- To squeeze between the thumb and forefinger.
- To squeeze between two objects.
- Of clothing, to be uncomfortably tight in specific spots.
- To arrest or capture.
- To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
- To take hold; to grip, as a dog does.
- To steal, usually something inconsequential.
- To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve.
- To move, as a railroad car, by prying the wheels with a pinch.
- To cut shoots or buds of a plant in order to shape the plant, or to improve its yield.
- To squeeze a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- To seize; to grip; to bite.
noun
- A close compression of anything with the fingers.
- A small amount of powder or granules, such that the amount could be held between fingertip and thumb tip.
- An awkward situation of some kind (especially money or social) which is difficult to escape.
- An organic herbal smoke additive.
- A magnetic compression of an electrically-conducting filament.
- The narrow part connecting the two bulbs of an hourglass.
- The action of squeezing a small amount of a person's skin and flesh, making it hurt.
- An arrest.
- A metal bar used as a lever for lifting weights, rolling wheels, etc.
noun
- A fork-shaped instrument or device, specifically the forked structure between two fingers of a glove.
- The wishbone or furculum of birds
- The frog of the hoof of the horse and allied animals.
- A fork-shaped structure, specifically the fold of skin where the labia minora meet above the perineum (the frenulum labiorum pudendi).
- The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
- An instrument used to raise and support the tongue during the cutting of the frenulum.
noun
- A small hammer-like tool used for playing certain musical instruments.
- A type of hammer with a larger-than-usual head made of wood, rubber or similar non-iron material, used by woodworkers for driving a tool, such as a chisel. A kind of maul.
- The stick used to strike the ball in the sport of polo.
- A weapon resembling the tool, but typically much larger.
- A light beetle with a long handle used in playing croquet.
verb
verb
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- indicate (a certain time) by striking
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- stop work in order to press demands
- touch or seem as if touching visually or audibly
- attain
- cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp
- find unexpectedly
- produce by ignition or a blow
- remove by erasing or crossing out or as if by drawing a line
- cause to experience suddenly
- drive something violently into a location
- occupy or take on
- disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set
- form by stamping, punching, or printing
- smooth with a strickle
- pierce with force
- hook by a pull on the line
- arrive at after reckoning, deliberating, and weighing
noun
- a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions
- an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective
- a gentle blow
- a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball
- (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders
- a conspicuous success
verb
- produce by manipulating keys or strings of musical instruments
- cause to move by striking
- hit against; come into sudden contact with
- deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument
- reach a destination, either real or abstract
- affect or afflict suddenly, usually adversely
- hit with a missile from a weapon
- encounter by chance
- cause to experience suddenly
- make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
- drive something violently into a location
- reach a point in time, or a certain state or level
- hit the intended target or goal
- pay unsolicited and usually unwanted sexual attention to
noun
- (baseball) when a batter strikes a picthed ball into fair territory and arrives safely on base (without an error or a fielder's choice being made by the defense)
- the act of contacting one thing with another
- a conspicuous success
- (physics) a brief event in which two or more bodies come together
- a dose of a narcotic drug
- a murder carried out by an underworld syndicate
- a connection made via the internet to another website
noun
- One of the fragments of bone held between the fingers of the hand and rattled together to keep time to music.
- One of the rigid parts of a corset that forms its frame, the boning, originally made of whalebone.
- The wishbone formation.
- A domino or dice.
- A cannabis cigarette; a joint.
- The framework of anything.
- A composite material consisting largely of calcium phosphate and collagen and making up the skeleton of most vertebrates.
- Anything made of bone, such as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.
- An off-white colour, like the colour of bone.
- A dollar.
- Any of the components of an endoskeleton, made of bone.
- An erect penis; a boner.
- A reward.
- A bonefish
- A bone of a fish; a fishbone.
adj
verb
- To make level, using a particular procedure; to survey a level line.
- To apprehend, steal.
- To study.
- To have sexual intercourse (with).
- To prepare (meat, etc) by removing the bone or bones from.
- To nag, especially for an unpaid debt.
- To sight along an object or set of objects to check whether they are level or in line.
- To put whalebone into.
- To fertilize with bone.
- To polish boots to a shiny finish.
noun
- On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc., the muting of a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- Meat from the shoulder of a cow or other animal.
- A mechanical device that holds an object firmly in place, for example holding a drill bit in a high-speed rotating drill or grinder.
- A clucking sound.
- A friend or close acquaintance; term of endearment.
- A gentle touch or tap.
- A throw, an incorrect bowling action.
- An act or instance of vomiting.
- A small pebble.
- A casual throw.
verb
- To discard, to throw away.
- To vomit.
- To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning.
- To throw; to bowl with an incorrect action.
- To jilt; to dump.
- To bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.
- On rhythm guitar or mandolin etc.: to mute a chord by lifting the fretting fingers immediately after strumming, producing a percussive effect.
- To touch or tap gently.
- To leave; to depart; to bounce.
- To throw, especially in a careless or inaccurate manner.
- To call, as a hen her chickens.
- To make a clucking sound.
noun
- A stringed musical instrument, of European origin, usually with a fretted fingerboard and six strings, played with the fingers or a plectrum (guitar pick).
- Any type of musical instrument of the lute family, characterized by a flat back, along with a neck whose upper surface is in the same plane as the soundboard, with strings along the neck and parallel to the soundboard.
verb
noun
- An instrument or tool used for picking things up without touching them with the hands or fingers, consisting of two slats or grips hinged at the end or in the middle, and sometimes including a spring to open the grips.
- A large scissors-like two-piece center-hinged forged-iron implement with oval-loop handles and with pointed tips turned inward (in the same plane as and perpendicular to the handles) to facilitate lifting and carrying a block of ice. Often called ice tongs.
noun
- A mechanism that actuates a player piano or other automatic musical instrument.
- An electronic device that plays audio and/or video media.
- One who plays any game or sport.
- One who is playful; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler.
- A gambler.
- A software application that plays audio and/or video media, such as a media player.
- A participant; one involved in something.
- An actor in a dramatic play.
- One who plays on a musical instrument.
- A gamer; a player of video games or similar.
- A person who plays the field rather than having a long-term sexual relationship.
noun
adj
verb
- To strike the palms of the hands together, creating a sharp sound.
- To fornicate, copulate.
- To create or assemble (something) hastily (usually followed by up or together).
- To slap with the hand in a jovial manner.
- To shoot (somebody) with a gun.
- To applaud.
- To have sex.
- To bring two surfaces together forcefully, creating a sharp sound.
- To set or put, usually in haste.
noun
- The act of striking the palms of the hands, or any two surfaces, together.
- A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.
- A dropping of cow dung (presumably from the sound made as it hits the ground)
- Any loud, sudden, explosive sound made by striking hard surfaces together, or resembling such a sound.
- The nether part of the beak of a hawk.
- The explosive sound of thunder.
- Gonorrhea.
- A slap with the hand, usually in a jovial manner.
noun
- Any of the joints between the phalanges of the fingers.
- The rounded point where a flat changes to a slope on a piste.
- A cut of meat.
- The curved part of the cushion at the entrance to the pockets on a cue sports table.
- A mechanical joint.
- The kneejoint of a quadruped, especially of a calf; formerly used of the kneejoint of a human being.
- A contrivance, usually of brass or iron, and furnished with points, worn to protect the hand, to add force to a blow, and to disfigure the person struck; a knuckle duster.
- A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom.
verb
noun
- The forefinger.
- One who demonstrates anything, or proves beyond doubt.
- An item, particularly a vehicle, used in demonstrations to a customer or user.
- An assistant to a lecturer.
- One who demonstrates products in a retail environment; a merchandiser.
- One who teaches anatomy from the dissected parts.
- One who takes part in a demonstration; a protester.
verb
- To idly manipulate objects with the fingers.
- To ruffle with a rippling action.
- To skim or flick through the pages of a book.
- To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream.
- To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts.
- To leaf through rapidly.
- To prepare samples of material using a riffler.
noun
- A succession of small waves.
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
- The act of shuffling cards; the sound made while shuffling cards.
verb
- To move one's fingers very close to the tip of a pencil, brush or other art tool.
- To prevent (someone) from breathing or talking by strangling or filling the windpipe.
- To be checked or stopped, as if by choking
- To perform badly at a crucial stage of a competition, especially when one appears to be clearly winning.
- To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.
- To use the choke valve of (a vehicle) to adjust the air/fuel mixture in the engine.
- To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe (for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way, or fumes or particles in the air that cause the throat to constrict).
- To have a feeling of strangulation in one's throat as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- To reach a condition of maximum flowrate, due to the flow at the narrowest point of the duct becoming sonic (Ma = 1).
- To make or install a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun.
- To check or stop (an utterance or voice) as if by choking.
- To obstruct (a passage, etc.) by filling it up or clogging it.
- To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to kill (a plant by robbing it of nutrients); to extinguish (fire by robbing it of oxygen).
- To give (someone) a feeling of strangulation as a result of passion or strong emotion.
- To say (something) with one’s throat constricted (due to emotion, for example).
noun
- A constriction at the muzzle end of a shotgun barrel which affects the spread of the shot.
- A control on a carburetor to adjust the air/fuel mixture when the engine is cold.
- The mass of immature florets in the centre of the bud of an artichoke.
- A choking coil.
- In wrestling, karate (etc.), a type of hold that can result in strangulation.
- A partial or complete blockage (of boulders, mud, etc.) in a cave passage.
- A major mistake at a crucial stage of a competition because one is nervous, especially when one is winning.
noun
- The act of making a clicking sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and then releasing to strike the palm; a snap.
- A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- A pawl or similar catch.
- The latch of a door.
- The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
- Sound made by a dolphin.
- A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
intj
verb
- To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- To emit a click.
- To snap the fingers.
- To visit (a web site).
- To make sense suddenly.
- Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
- To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
- To get along well.
- To take (a photograph) with a camera.
- To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
noun
- One of the pieces of metal, plastic or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played.
- Agitation of the surface of a fluid by fermentation or some other cause; a rippling on the surface of water.
- An ornamental pattern consisting of repeated vertical and horizontal lines, often in relief.
- A fog or mist at sea, or coming inland from the sea.
- The worn sides of riverbanks, where ores or stones containing them accumulate after being washed down from higher ground, which thus indicate to miners the locality of veins of ore.
- A channel or passage created by the sea.
- Agitation of the mind marked by complaint and impatience; disturbance of temper; irritation.
- Herpes; tetter (“any of various pustular skin conditions”).
- A saltire interlaced with a mascle.
- A channel, a strait; a fretum.
verb
- To be anxious, to worry.
- To be agitated; to rankle; to be in violent commotion.
- To decorate or ornament, especially with an interlaced or interwoven pattern, or (architecture) with carving or relief (raised) work.
- In the form fret out: to squander, to waste.
- To press down the string behind a fret.
- To cut through with a fretsaw, to create fretwork.
- To be chafed or irritated; to be angry or vexed; to utter peevish expressions through irritation or worry.
- To fit frets on to (a musical instrument).
- To be worn away; to chafe; to fray.
- To have secondary fermentation (fermentation occurring after the conversion of sugar to alcohol in beers and wine) take place.
- To chafe or irritate; to worry.
- To gnaw; to consume, to eat away.
- To form a pattern on; to variegate.
- To bind, to tie, originally with a loop or ring.
- To make rough, to agitate or disturb; to cause to ripple.
noun
- The index finger; the forefinger.
- An integer or other key indicating the location of data, e.g. within an array, vector, database table, associative array, or hash table.
- A sign; an indication; a token.
- That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.
- An alphabetical listing of items and their location.
- A movable finger on a gauge, scale, etc.
- A single number calculated from an array of prices or of quantities.
- A data structure that improves the performance of operations on a table.
- A raised suffix indicating a power.
- A symbol resembling a pointing hand, used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph.
- A type of noun where the meaning of the form changes with respect to the context; e.g., 'Today's newspaper' is an indexical form since its referent will differ depending on the context. See also icon and symbol.
- A number representing a property or ratio; a coefficient.
verb
- To measure by an associated value.
- To inventory; to take stock.
- To be indexical for (some situation or state of affairs); to indicate.
- To arrange an index for something, especially a long text.
- To access a value in a data container by an index.
- To normalise in order to account for inflation; to correct for inflation by linking to a price index in order to maintain real levels.
noun
- A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
- Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
- A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
- An ear.
- A student of Cambridge University.
- A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
- A tabloid newspaper.
- The cost or bill for anything.
- A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
- A cigarette.
- A tableau curtain.
- The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
- A fast march or run with full kit.
- A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
- A restaurant bill.
verb
English words for 'A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.'
As you may have noticed, above you will find words for "A specific method of using the fingers to play an instrument.". Hover the mouse over the word you'd like to know more about to view its definition. Click 
to find a better fitting word. Finally, thanks to ChatGPT, the overall results have been greatly improved.
Recent Queries
duffle bag
Fleming
modern architecture
to come to the point
without limit
to shake free from
Having wings
reaper
security (officer)
stair
reverse side
to trample underfoot
child's face
atomism
associate with fools and get in trouble
disgraceful.
love feast
Silly talk or writing
to be reminded of
rectum
hypocritical.
evening sun
thousandfold
elegant.
anyhow.
petiole
discriminating.
hoof
ear piercing
stocky
retrieval
actively
paramour
Strife
bourgeois
Pedantry
stunt
Alive
downy
embarkation
conciliatory
to be sorry
banister
fraction
proficient
via
stain
to go too far
cute
suspicious