Overview of noun fingerprint

The noun fingerprint has 3 senses

• fingerprint -- (a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations)


• fingerprint -- (a generic term for any identifying characteristic; "that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it")


• fingermark, fingerprint -- (a smudge made by a (dirty) finger)

Overview of verb fingerprint

The verb fingerprint has 1 sense

• fingerprint -- (take an impression of a person's fingerprints)