crack one's fingers

verb

To pull or push one's fingers so that the joints make a cracking noise.

Meanings

verbcrack one's fingers (third-person singular simple present cracks one's fingers, present participle cracking one's fingers, simple past and past participle cracked one's fingers)

present singular third person cracks one's fingers · participle present cracking one's fingers · participle past cracked one's fingers · past cracked one's fingers

  1. To pull or push one's fingers so that the joints make a cracking noise.
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