fingertip (fingertips plural ), finger-tip
1 n-count Your fingertips are the ends of your fingers.
usu pl
The fat and flour are rubbed together with the fingertips as for pastry.
2 If you say that something is at your fingertips, you approve of the fact that you can reach it easily or that it is easily available to you. ♦
at your fingertips phrase
(approval)
I had the information at my fingertips and hadn't used it.
fingertip search (fingertip searches plural )When the police carry out a fingertip search of a place, they examine it for evidence in a very detailed way. n-count oft N of n
Officers continued a fingertip search of the area yesterday.