GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

Found 5 definitions

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   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.
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   The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
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   Click, v. t.
   To move with the sound of a click.
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   She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash.
   Thackeray.
   
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   To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
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   [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs.
   Ben Jonson.
   
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   When merry milkmaids click the latch.
   Tennyson.
   
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   Click, n.
   A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
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   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.]
   A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
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   The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
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