Fingerprint
['fɪŋgəprɪnt] or ['fɪŋɡɚprɪnt]
Definition
(noun.) a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations.
(noun.) a generic term for any identifying characteristic; 'that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it'.
(verb.) take an impression of a person's fingerprints.
Editor: Maggie--From WordNet
Examples
- It is very doubtful if any single fingerprint will ever be exactly duplicated by any finger other than the one which originally made it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Could you determine, for example, solely from fingerprints whether the subject was Negro or Caucasian? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Do fingerprints show racial characteristics? Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It read: Fingerprints prove you Greystoke. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- From infancy to senility the fingerprints of an individual change only in size, except as injuries alter the loops and whorls. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Now, said the officer, you shall have your fingerprints in a second. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
Typist: Sam