"fingerpicking" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fingerpickings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} fingerpicking (usually uncountable, plural fingerpickings)
  1. (music) The plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-fingerpicking-en-noun-ZJ-xkXPu Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} fingerpicking
  1. present participle and gerund of fingerpick Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: fingerpick
    Sense id: en-fingerpicking-en-verb-~AwoW8Eu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60

Inflected forms

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