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fin·ger·tip
(fĭng′gər-tĭp′)n.
Idiom: The extreme end or tip of a finger.
at (one's) fingertips
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fingertip
(ˈfɪŋɡəˌtɪp)n
1. (Anatomy) the end joint or tip of a finger
2. (Medicine) another term for fingerstall
3. at one's fingertips readily available and within one's mental grasp
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
fin•ger•tip
(ˈfɪŋ gərˌtɪp)n.
1. the tip or end of a finger.
2. a covering used to protect the end joint of a finger.
adj. 3. extending to the fingertips, as a coat or veil.
Idioms: at one's fingertips, immediately and easily available.
[1835–45]
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| Noun | 1. |  fingertip - the end (tip) of a finger finger - any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin" tip - the extreme end of something; especially something pointed |
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Translations
طَرَف الإصْبَع
špička prstu
fingerspids
ujjhegy
fingurgómur
konček prsta
parmak ucu
fingertip
[ˈfɪŋgətɪp] N → punta f or yema f del dedoto have sth at one's fingertips → tener algo a mano; (= know sth) → saber(se) algo al dedillo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
fingertip
[ˈfɪŋgərtɪp] n → bout m du doigtto have sth at one's fingertips [+ knowledge] → savoir qch sur le bout des doigts; [+ resource] → avoir qch à sa dispositionfingertip search n → fouille f minutieuse
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
fingertip
[ˈfɪŋgəˌtɪp] n → punta del ditoto have sth at one's fingertips (fig) → avere qc sulla punta delle dita
fingertip hold (Mountaineering) → gratton m inv
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
finger
(ˈfiŋgə) noun1. one of the five end parts of the hand, sometimes excluding the thumb. She pointed a finger at the thief.
2. the part of a glove into which a finger is put.
3. anything made, shaped, cut etc like a finger. a finger of toast.
verb to touch or feel with the fingers. She fingered the material.
ˈfingernail noun the nail at the tip of the finger.
ˈfingerprint noun the mark made by the tip of the finger, often used by the police etc as a means of identification. The thief wiped his fingerprints off the safe.
ˈfingertip noun the very end of a finger. He cut his fingertip by accident while preparing the salad.
be all fingers and thumbs / my etc fingers are all thumbs to be very awkward or clumsy in handling or holding things. He was so excited that his fingers were all thumbs and he dropped the cup.
have (something) at one's fingertips to know all the details of (a subject) thoroughly. He has the history of the firm at his fingertips.
have a finger in the pie / in every pie to be involved in everything that happens. She likes to have a finger in every pie in the village.
put one's finger on to point out or describe exactly; to identify. She put her finger on the cause of our financial trouble.
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fingertip
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