finger-pop verb1 •(old-fashioned) 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 formsfinger-popped · finger-popping · finger-pops