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单词 finger-snap
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finger-snap
finger-snap n. a click of the fingers; a quick, sharp noise, produced by striking the ball of the thumb against one of the fingers (typically the middle finger), used esp. as a mark of appreciation, to attract attention, or to beat time to music; (also) an act of clicking or snapping the fingers in this way; cf. snap v. 12b.In quot. 1884: as the type of something brief, trifling, or insignificant.
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fig1579
fico1596
stork's bill1616
snook1791
finger-snap1821
monkey motion1845
to give (a person) the finger1874
finger-click1897
two fingers1971
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 9 71 Coats of finest nap, For which I ne'er receiv'd a finger-snap.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Nov. 2/2 I do not value Government Reports..at a finger-snap.
1968 Long Beach (Calif.) Press-Telegram 11 Jan. b4/1 Clinking glasses drowned out the hypnotist's finger-snap.
1993 Atlantic Oct. 108/2 Their reduction of jazz to walking bass lines, finger-snaps, and bohemian posturing.
2012 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 19 Feb. (Arts & Leisure section) 4/2 ‘But we should give him credit for trying’, she added, and led the class in a chorus of finger snaps.
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