finger-pop

verb

To click one's fingers in time to mark a beat.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person finger-pops · participle present finger-popping · participle past finger-popped · past finger-popped

  1. datedintransitivejazzentertainmentTo 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
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APA

finger-pop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finger-pop

MLA

“finger-pop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finger-pop. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “finger-pop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/finger-pop.

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