Citations:palp

English citations of palp

a fleshy part of a fingertip, or an act of touching

• 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:

  He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin.

• 1984, W. Boyd, Stars & Bars i.i.11:

  With the palp of a forefinger he squeezed moisture from his wiry blond eyebrows.