long fingers
A pickpocket's asset
Long fingers is a euphemism for a tendency to steal, suggesting hands that reach for things that don't belong to them: Watch your wallet around him—he's got long fingers.
The phrase plays on the image of fingers extending to grab what's nearby.
Someone with long fingers is light-fingered or prone to pilfering.
Supremely accomplished performer
- pianistOne who plays piano
- arpeggiosChord notes played individually
- octavesEight-tone intervals
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
keyboard · Chopin · Liszt · Rachmaninoff · technique · trills · runs · practice
Distance between endpoints
- extensionAdded part or duration
- stretchPull to extend
- octaveEight-note interval
- rangeExtent of variation
spread · bridge · sweep · overreach · outstretch · expansive · spanning · fretboard
Thin and graceful
- gracefulElegant in movement
- delicateEasily broken or harmed
- taperedGradually narrowing in width
- svelteGracefully slender
willowy · refined · lithe · aesthetic · elongated · aristocratic · pianistic · expressive
Underhanded control of others
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- nimblenessEase of quick movement
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
- agilityQuickness and ease
coordination · deftness · skillfulness · adeptness · touch · facility · sleight · handiness
Bones of fingers, toes
- knucklesFinger-to-hand joints
- jointsSkeletal connection points
- nailsMetal fasteners, finger coverings
- metacarpalsBones connecting wrist to fingers
palm · thumb · index · middle · ring · pinky · cuticles · tendons
Secure manual hold
- clutchMechanism linking engine to gearbox
- claspSecuring device that clicks
- holdMaintain in grasp
- graspSeize or understand
seize · snatch · grab · clench · embrace · enfold · entwine · palming
virtuoso
Supremely accomplished performer
scales · keyboard · Chopin · Liszt · Rachmaninoff · technique · trills · runs · practice · recital
span
Distance between endpoints
range · spread · bridge · sweep · overreach · outstretch · expansive · spanning · fretboard · palming
slender
Thin and graceful
svelte · willowy · refined · lithe · aesthetic · elongated · aristocratic · pianistic · expressive · sculptural
manipulation
Underhanded control of others
- precisionAccuracy of measurement
- nimblenessEase of quick movement
- finesseSubtle, deft handling
agility · coordination · deftness · skillfulness · adeptness · touch · facility · sleight · handiness · proficiency
phalanges
Bones of fingers, toes
metacarpals · palm · thumb · index · middle · ring · pinky · cuticles · tendons · ligaments
grip
Secure manual hold
grasp · seize · snatch · grab · clench · embrace · enfold · entwine · palming · wrap
pickpocket
Thief who steals carried items
fretboard
Stringed instrument's neck face
- chordNotes sounded simultaneously
- barreFixed studio rail
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
frets · stretching · shredding · riffs · tablature · neck · strumming · plucking · hammer-on · pull-off
long fingerssausage fingers
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