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fingertip

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fin·ger·tip  (fnggr-tp)
n.
The extreme end or tip of a finger.
Idiom:
at (one's) fingertips
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fingertip
Noun
1. the end of a finger
2. have at one's fingertips to know thoroughly
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.fingertipfingertip - 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
Translations
Spanish fingertip [ˈfɪŋgətɪp] nyema del dedo;
to have sth at one's fingertips → saberse algo al dedillo

French fingertip [ˈfɪŋgətɪp] finger nbout m du doigt (fig);
to have sth at one's fingertips → avoir qch à sa disposition [+ knowledge]; savoir qch sur le bout du doigt

German fingertip [ˈfɪŋgətɪp] finger nFingerspitze f;
to have sth at one's fingertips finger (to hand) → etw parat haben;
(know well) → etw aus dem Effeff kennen (inf)

Italian fingertip [ˈfɪŋgətɪp] npunta del dito;
to have sth at one's fingertips (fig) → avere qc sulla punta delle dita

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Anne went in with cheeks of flame and her heart beating to her fingertips.
Every little while he would bend down and take hold of the edge of the blanket with the extreme tips of his fingertips, as if to show there was no deception--chattering away all the while--but always, just as I was expecting to see a wonder feat of legerdemain, he would let go the blanket and rise to explain further.
Anne blew a couple of airy kisses from her fingertips past the cherry blossoms and then, with her chin in her hands, drifted luxuriously out on a sea of daydreams.
 
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