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"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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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "štrakam s prǎsti",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "щракам с пръсти"
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "打響指"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "dǎ xiǎngzhǐ",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "打响指"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "met zijn vingers knippen"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "knippen"
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "napsauttaa sormiaan"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "claquer les doigts"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "mit den Fingern schnippen"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "csettint"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "estalar os dedos"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščólkatʹ pálʹcami",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"tags": [
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"word": "щёлкать па́льцами"
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"roman": "ščólknutʹ pálʹcami",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
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"word": "щёлкнуть па́льцами"
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "chasquear los dedos"
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"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "knäppa fingrarna"
}
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"roman": "štrakam s prǎsti",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "щракам с пръсти"
},
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"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "打響指"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "dǎ xiǎngzhǐ",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "打响指"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "met zijn vingers knippen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "knippen"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "napsauttaa sormiaan"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "claquer les doigts"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "mit den Fingern schnippen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "csettint"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "estalar os dedos"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščólkatʹ pálʹcami",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "щёлкать па́льцами"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ščólknutʹ pálʹcami",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "щёлкнуть па́льцами"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "chasquear los dedos"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "create a sound with one's fingers",
"word": "knäppa fingrarna"
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"word": "snap one's fingers"
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