Fingerprint meaning

What does “fingerprint” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“fingerprint” is a noun and verb with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations.

fingerprint

noun

a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
a generic term for any identifying characteristic
“that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it”
a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
Synonymsfingermark

verb

take an impression of a person's fingerprints

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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