Click (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clicked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking.] [Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique.]
To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
Goldsmith.
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Click, v. t.
1.
To more with the sound of a click.
She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash.
Thackeray.
2.
To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs.
Ben Jonson.
When merry milkmaids click the latch.
Tennyson.
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Click, n.
1.
A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
2.
A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.
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Click, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch.]
To snatch.
[Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
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Click, n. [Cf. 4th Click, and OF. clique latch.]
1.
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
2.
The latch of a door.
[Prov. Eng.]
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