fingerpicking

English

Verb

fingerpicking

1. present participle and gerund of fingerpick

Noun

fingerpicking (usually uncountable, plural fingerpickings)

1. (music) The plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers
   • 2015 July 9, “Pop & Rock Listings for July 10-16”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Her largely unadorned sound hinges on scratchy, intimate fingerpickings and her warm Northern Ireland accent — and is a worthy, pensive addition to record shelves already lined with Sharon Van Etten and Damien Rice.