What does "fingerspelling" mean?

The practice of representing the letters of an alphabet using just the hands to spell out words.

What is a synonym for "fingerspelling"?

Common synonyms include: finger spelling.

noun, verb

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Noun

1
The practice of representing the letters of an alphabet using just the hands to spell out words. countable, uncountable
2
an alphabet of manual signs wordnet
3
Any system for representing the letters of an alphabet using just the hands; a manual alphabet that is a representation of a written alphabet. countable, uncountable
4
A representation of the spelling of a word using such a system. countable, uncountable

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of fingerspell form-of, gerund, participle, present

From finger + spelling.

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