Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

five-finger exercise

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: five-fin-ger ex-er-cise
IPA

37

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A musical composition for the piano, designed to require the use of all the fingers of the hand for the purpose of skill development.

noun

An activity which is undertaken for the purpose of skill development.

Example Sentences

"It was the singular room which Carlyle had constructed in the hopes that he could shut out all the noises of the universe, the crowing of cocks, and the jingling of a young lady's five-finger exercise in particular."
"Batman Begins, the 2005 film that launched Nolan's series, was a mere five-finger exercise. This is the full symphony."

Inflected Forms

five-finger exercises (plural)

Questions

What does five-finger exercise mean?: A musical composition for the piano, designed to require the use of all the fingers of the hand for the purpose of skill development.

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