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Webster 1913 Edition
Click
Click
(klĭk)
, Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Clicked
(klĭkt)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Clicking
.] 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.
Click
,Verb.
T.
1.
To move 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.
Click
,Noun.
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.
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.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Click
CLICK
,Verb.
I.
To make a small sharp noise, or rather a succession of small sharp sounds, as by a gentle striking.
The solemn death-watch clicked.
CLICK
,Noun.
CLICK
,Noun.