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To create a cracking or clicking sound with one’s fingers by building tension between the thumb and another finger (middle, index, or ring) and then moving that finger forcefully downward so it hits the thenar eminence of the same hand at a high speed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: click
Antonyms: none provided
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Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
щракам с пръсти
(štrakam s prǎsti)
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Chinese Mandarin:
打響指 /打响指
(dǎ xiǎngzhǐ)
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Dutch:
met zijn vingers knippen
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Dutch:
knippen
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Finnish:
napsauttaa sormiaan
— create a sound with one's fingers
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French:
claquer les doigts
— create a sound with one's fingers
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German:
mit den Fingern schnippen
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Hungarian:
csettint
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Japanese:
指を鳴らす
(yubi o narasu)
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Korean:
손가락을 튕기다
(son'garag-eul twinggida)
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Lithuanian:
spragtelėti pirštais
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
knipsa
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Portuguese:
estalar os dedos
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Russian:
щёлкать па́льцами
(ščólkatʹ pálʹcami)
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Russian:
щёлкнуть па́льцами
(ščólknutʹ pálʹcami)
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Spanish:
chasquear los dedos
— create a sound with one's fingers
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Swedish:
knäppa fingrarna
— create a sound with one's fingers