| Click (click) |
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| v. i. | (kl***ibreve]k) |
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| Click |
| [imp. *** p. p. Clicked (kl&ibreve]kt);
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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To move with the sound of a click.
To cause to make a clicking noise, as
by striking together, or against something.
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A
slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a
pistol.
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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A detent,
pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet
wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of
Ratched wheel.
The latch of a door.
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