فرقع

Q. 2 تَفَرْقَعَتْ الأَصَابِعُ ذ The fingers produced a sound or sounds [ by their joints' being cracked ]; (O;) quasi-pass. of 1 in the first of the senses expl. above; (S, K;) as also ↓ اِفْرَنْقَعَت, (K, TA,) inf. n. اِفْرِنْقَاعُ and [quasi-inf. n., being app. the inf. n. in this case of فُرْقِعَت,] ↓ فَرْقَعَةٌ, (TA,) [and this is app. what is meant by its being said that] ↓ الاِفْرِنْقَاعُ is [syn. with] الفَرْقَعَةُ. (K.) ― -b2- Accord. to IDrd, تَفَرْقُعٌ signifies The sounding of two things striking against each other. (O.) ― -b3- And تفرقع الرَّجُلُ The man drew himself together, or shrank; like تَقَرْعَفَ [which is mentioned in the K in the same sense, as also تَقَرْفَعَ]. (L, TA.)