snap one's fingers

verb

To create a cracking or clicking sound with one’s fingers by building tension between the thumb and another finger (middle, index, or ring) and then moving that finger forcefully downward so it hits the thenar eminence of the same hand at a high speed.

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Meanings

verbsnap one's fingers (third-person singular simple present snaps one's fingers, present participle snapping one's fingers, simple past and past participle snapped one's fingers)

present singular third person snaps one's fingers · participle present snapping one's fingers · participle past snapped one's fingers · past snapped one's fingers

  1. To create a cracking or clicking sound with one’s fingers by building tension between the thumb and another finger (middle, index, or ring) and then moving that finger forcefully downward so it hits the thenar eminence of the same hand at a high speed.

    Synonyms: click

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo create a cracking or clicking sound with one’s fingers by building tension between the thumb and another finger (middle, index, or ring) and then moving that finger forcefully downward so it hits the thenar eminence of the same hand at a high speed.

Similar
click

Translations

Bulgarian щракам с пръсти
  • щракам с пръсти (štrakam s prăsti)create a sound with one's fingers
Chinese Mandarin 打響指 /打响指
  • 打響指 /打响指 (dǎ xiǎngzhǐ)create a sound with one's fingers
Dutch met zijn vingers knippen, knippen
  • met zijn vingers knippencreate a sound with one's fingers
  • knippencreate a sound with one's fingers
Finnish napsauttaa sormiaan
  • napsauttaa sormiaancreate a sound with one's fingers
French claquer les doigts
  • claquer les doigtscreate a sound with one's fingers
German mit den Fingern schnippen
  • mit den Fingern schnippencreate a sound with one's fingers
Hungarian csettint
  • csettintcreate a sound with one's fingers
Japanese 指を鳴らす
  • 指を鳴らす (yubi o narasu)create a sound with one's fingers
Korean 손가락을 튕기다
  • 손가락을 튕기다 (son'garag-eul twinggida)create a sound with one's fingers
Lithuanian spragtelėti pirštais
  • spragtelėti pirštaiscreate a sound with one's fingers
Portuguese estalar os dedos
  • estalar os dedoscreate a sound with one's fingers
Russian щёлкать па́льцами, щёлкнуть па́льцами
  • щёлкать па́льцами (ščólkatʹ pálʹcami)create a sound with one's fingers
  • щёлкнуть па́льцами (ščólknutʹ pálʹcami)create a sound with one's fingers
Spanish chasquear los dedos
  • chasquear los dedoscreate a sound with one's fingers
Swedish knäppa fingrarna
  • knäppa fingrarnacreate a sound with one's fingers
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snap one's fingers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/snap%20one's%20fingers

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