fin·ger·spell·ing

[fing-ger-spel-ing]
noun
the communication in sign language of a word or other expression by rendering its written form letter by letter in a manual alphabet.

Origin:
finger + spelling

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fin·ger·spell

[fing-ger-spel]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
to communicate by fingerspelling.

Origin:
finger + spell1

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Fingerspelling is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
Example sentences
Manual communication involves signs and fingerspelling.
One module also focuses on developing receptive and expressive fingerspelling
  skills.
Participants should have a general knowledge of deaf culture, fingerspelling
  and basic vocabulary.
It is a visual-gestural language that uses facial expression, spatial markers,
  fingerspelling and signs.
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