finger spelling

noun

: the representation of individual letters and numbers using standardized finger positions

called also dactylology

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for finger spelling

• paralleling
• storytelling
• underselling
• belling
• celling
• dwelling
• fehling
• felling
• gelling
• pelling
• quelling
• selling

Medical Definition

finger spelling

noun

: the representation of individual letters and numbers using standardized finger positions