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单词 finger-clicking
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finger-clicking
finger-clicking n. and adj. (a) n. the action or an act of clicking one's fingers, esp. as a peremptory command or signal, or in time to a musical beat (cf. finger-click n., a click of the fingers at Phrases 4l); (b) adj. characterized by or causing finger-clicking; (of a person) that clicks his or her fingers.
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1933 L. M. Spagnolo Bari Gram. 207 The various hand-gestures and finger-clickings that invariably accompany narrative.
1958 K. Amis I like it Here ii. 28 ‘He can probably get us a villa just by clicking his fingers..’. Quite apart from the matter of the Lisbon pal and his finger-clicking potentialities, [etc.].
1970 P. Chaplin Lonely Diet iv. 38 A small finger-clicking got him his bill.
1984 Musical Times 125 701/2 The performers often accompanied themselves with finger-clicking, hand-clapping and foot-stomping.
1999 Guardian 27 Mar. (Weekend Suppl.) 3/1 Ask anybody who ever worked at the Groucho Club who the really arrogant, finger-clicking, money-waving, drug-demanding clients were.
2016 Daily Mail (Nexis) 13 May (headline) Ms Bailey Rae is back with a funky, finger-clicking delight.
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