单词 | finger-snapping |
释义 | > as lemmasfinger-snapping finger-snapping n. and adj. (a) n. the action of clicking the fingers (cf. finger-snap n.) (b) adj. that clicks or snaps the fingers; characterized by this; esp. (of music) having or characterized by a strong or rhythmical beat, to which one might click or snap one's fingers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > [noun] > finger-snapping finger-snapping1823 1823 New Monthly Mag. 8 565 More finger-snapping and tomfooling from Blueball. 1857 Graham's Illustr. Mag. Nov. 419/1 He had a great talkativeness, plenty of the artifice of low cunning, and a brisk, lively, finger-snapping manner. 1863 Punch 7 Nov. 191/1 The ladies looked on, and smiled, to encourage the frantic, finger-snapping, dancing dervishes. 1868 T. K. Chambers in J. R. Reynolds Syst. Med. II. 98 The tarantellas I have seen..are very complicated figures, accompanied by an amount of arm-waving, finger-snapping,..and crossing one another's footsteps. 1882 Society 14 Oct. 12/1 The cousin's song..with a finger-snapping accompaniment, goes very well. 1931 Beatrice (Nebraska) Daily Sun 26 July 4/5 The Parisian waiter resents finger snapping. 1963 Billboard 18 May 51/3 I spent two finger-snapping hours with Ella Fitzgerald. 1997 Esquire Oct. 36 Musical wanderlust required that we endure finger-snapping fifties doo wop. 2010 J. G. Lyon Schooling Mr. Brennan xxxv. 236 At a signal from one of the girls in the front row, ten minutes of foot stamping, finger snapping and hand clapping commenced. < as lemmas |
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