فَرْقَعَ الأَصَابِعَ

i. q. نَقَّضَهَا, (S, * O, * K, [in copies of the K written نَقَضَهَا, but correctly with teshdeed, as is shown by what here follows,]) verbal noun فَرْقَعَةٌ i. q. تَنْقِيضٌ (S, O) and تَفْقِيعٌ, (TA,) [He cracked the joints of his fingers;] i. e. he pressed his fingers so that a sound was heard to proceed from their joints: (TA:) the doing of which is forbidden, (O, TA,) in prayer. (TA. [See also 2 in article فقع.]) And one says, سَمِعْتُ فَرْقَعَةً لِرَجُلٍ and صَرْقَعَةً [I heard a cracking of the joints of the fingers of a man]: both signify the same. (TA.)

And فَرْقَعَةُ He twisted his (a man's, K) neck. (O, K.)

-A2- فَرْقَعَ [as an intrans. v.], (O, K, TA,) verbal noun as above, (TA,) He ran vehemently, (O, K, TA,) going back, or retreating: so in the Tekmileh. (TA.)

And فِرْقَاعٌ (as a verbal noun of which the verb is فَرْقَعَ, TK) signifies The emitting of wind from the anus with a sound: (O, K:) mentioned by IDrd as from some one or more of the Arabs. (O.)

See also فَرْقَعَةٌ in what next follows.