Associations to the word «Fingertip»

Wiktionary

FINGERTIP, noun. The tip of the human finger.
FINGERTIP, verb. (transitive) to move or deflect with the fingertips
FINGERTIP SEARCH, noun. (UK) A fastidious forensic search of a crime scene, usually performed by investigators crawling along the ground.

Dictionary definition

FINGERTIP, noun. The end (tip) of a finger.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats