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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

finger-pop en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (dated, intransitive, qualifier: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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
finger-pops Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
finger-popped Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
finger-popped Tense=Past lexicographic
finger-popping Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

finger-popper · finger-popping