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finger-pop

finger-pop verb: to click one's fingers in time to mark a beat.

Verb

finger-pop (third-person singular simple present finger-pops, present participle finger-popping, simple past and past participle finger-popped)

  1. (dated, intransitive, jazz) To click one's fingers in time to mark a beat.
    • Holding a microphone and a cigarette in one hand, he finger-popped with the other and stared at the floor as he sang "All Shook Up," "Handy Man," and "Funny How Time Slips Away."1979, Cue Publishing Company (publisher), Cue, The Weekly Magazine of New York Life, page 97

Forms of finger-pop

third-person singular presentfinger-pops
present participlefinger-popping
past participlefinger-popped
pastfinger-popped

Words formed from finger-pop

Questions about finger-pop

What does finger-pop mean?
Finger-pop means to click one's fingers in time to mark a beat.
What part of speech is finger-pop?
Finger-pop is a verb.
What is the past tense of finger-pop?
The past tense of finger-pop is finger-popped.

Words near finger-pop in the dictionary

  1. finger-pointers
  2. finger-pointing
  3. finger-pointings
  4. finger-points
  5. finger-pointy
  6. finger-pop
  7. finger-popped
  8. finger-popper
  9. finger-poppers
  10. finger-popping
  11. finger-poppings

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