snap your fingers

snap your fingers
snap/click/your fingers phrase
to make a sound by rubbing one of your fingers quickly against your thumb, usually in order to attract someone’s attention
Thesaurus: to make a communicative soundhyponym
Main entry: finger

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snap your ˈfingers idiom
to make a sharp noise by moving your second or third finger quickly against your thumb, to attract sb's attention, or to mark the beat of music, for example

He snapped his fingers for the waiter to bring more wine.

Main entry:snapidiom

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