fingerplayn.
/ˈfɪŋɡəpleɪ/, U.S. /ˈfɪŋɡərˌpleɪ/ 1. A children's rhyme, story, etc., with hand or finger actions accompanying the words.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > other types of game > [noun] > using fingers
fingerplay1886
1886 Warren (Pa.) Mail 16 Nov. Nursery Finger-plays, by Emilie Poulsson, with dozens and dozens and dozens of bewitching picture-instructions.
1889 Kindergarten Mag. Oct. 197/2 Finger-plays have ever been the child's delight, from the first efforts of Pat-a-cake to the more elaborate exercises learned in school.
1945 C. V. Good Dict. Educ. 171/2 Finger play, a dramatization of a verse or poem with appropriate finger movements, used as an attention-getting device with young children.
1963 Times 3 June 11/6 A book of fingerplays (great for idle moments),..and some books of riddles and puzzles.
1987 J. Saltman Mod. Canad. Children's Bks. 117 The lullabies, nursery rhymes, and action verses that accompany fingerplays, dandling games, and the tickling of babies.
2008 Young Children 63 95/3 Demonstrate activities such as a finger play or song during workshops of conference sessions.
2. The use of the fingers for sexual stimulation, esp. by touching or caressing the genitals (cf. finger v. 7).
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the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > other types of sexual activity or intercourse > [noun] > stimulation of genitals
mutual masturbation1884
fingerplay1941
heavy petting1952
1941 R. L. Dickinson in G. W. Henry Sex Variants 1109 From the genital findings one can predicate full-term deliveries, vaginal penetration by penis or finger play and erotic feelings.
1965 P. Kronhausen & E. Kronhausen Sexual Response in Women vi. 137 His finger-play on my clitoris helps.
1970 Sunday Times 15 Nov. 32/3 Pepys was highly susceptible to any available charmer, but contented himself as a rule with mutual fingerplay.
2005 Gay Times Dec. 114/1 A bevvy of hot American studs take over a plush Palm Springs resort and give scene after scene of expert cock mastery, fingerplay and deep arse-ramming.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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