| 单词 | finger-snap |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinger-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. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > gesturing or gesture > derisive gesture > [noun] middle finger1562 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. < as lemmas |
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