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fingerpick

noun
/ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(ɹ)ˌpɪk/UK

Etymology

From finger + pick.

  1. derived from *bew-✻
  2. inherited from *pikkōną✻ — “to pick, peck, prick, knock”
  3. inherited from *pikkōn✻
  4. inherited from *piccian✻
  5. inherited from piken
  6. compounded as fingerpick — “finger + pick”

Definitions

  1. A type of plectrum that clips on to, or wraps around the end of the fingers and thumb.

  2. To play a stringed instrument by plucking individual strings with the fingers.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA