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fingertip
/ ˈɪŋɡəˌɪ /
noun
- the end joint or tip of a finger
- another term for fingerstall
- at one's fingertipsreadily available and within one's mental grasp
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fingertip1
Idioms and Phrases
- at one's fingertips,
- close at hand; easily or immediately available.
- at one's command or disposal, as recall of factual information:
He has the answer at his fingertips.
- to one's fingertips, thoroughly; perfectly:
She was a politician to her fingertips.
Example Sentences
I kept adding more, testing the limits of absurdity until I hit two full lemons’ worth — enough that it left a whisper of citrus oil on my fingertips.
With a crowbar I could have reached down and touched them, felt the pulse of the world’s information traveling through my fingertips.
Distant from the judging eyes of people they know and with every thinkable comfort at their fingertips, each drops their guard, just like the other guests.
He has built programs with far less at his fingertips.
We live in a world where answers are at our fingertips, a Google search away.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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