fingertipful

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noun

The amount of a substance that covers a person's fingertip.

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Meanings

nounfingertipful (plural fingertipfuls or fingertipsful)

plural fingertipfuls · plural fingertipsful

  1. The amount of a substance that covers a person's fingertip.

    Remove old make-up and powder with a few speedy fingertipfuls of cleansing Jergens Face Cream.

    1943, Radio Mirror, page 55
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    The good Fathers coming into the chapel to evening Benediction, securing liberal fingertipsful of holy water, as was their pious wont, and—disaster.

    1937 February, Harriet L. Carritte, “Saint John Berchmans”, in The Ethos, volume 10, number 1, Boston, Mass.: Emmanuel College, page 107

Origin

From fingertip + -ful.

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APA

fingertipful. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingertipful

MLA

“fingertipful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingertipful. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fingertipful,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fingertipful.

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