fingerhold

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noun

A grip with the fingers.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounfingerhold (plural fingerholds)

plural fingerholds

  1. A grip with the fingers.

    He'd jump up, get a fingerhold, and then dirt would give way and he'd slip back down. Jump up, get a fingerhold, slip back down.

    2012, Mary Hamilton, Kentucky Folktales: Revealing Stories, Truths, and Outright Lies

Origin

From finger + hold.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

fingerhold. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerhold

MLA

“fingerhold.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerhold. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fingerhold,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingerhold.

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