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noun

Click n.

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.

Click n.

A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.

The latch of a door. (Prov. Eng.)

verb

Click v. t.

To move with the sound of a click. "She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash."

To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. "(Jove) clicked all his marble thumbs." "When merry milkmaids click the latch."

Click v. t. To snatch. (Prov. Eng.)

Click v. i. (past & past part. clicked; pres. part. 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."

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Etymology of 'Click'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Click" Quotes from Famous Books

... on unheeding. She was now in a quieter street, and as she passed under the high grey walls of the jail, the prison van crossed her path. The heavy iron doors opened and it passed out of her sight; the doors closed with a soft click and a turn of the key, and Sara went on her ...

— Garthowen - A Story of a Welsh Homestead • Allen Raine

... evidently. He came straight at me, and I stepped aside to let him pass; he stepped in the way and confronted me again. Then I saw that he had a mask on and was holding something in my face—I heard a click-click and recognized a revolver in dim outline. I pushed the barrel aside with my ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... well, Mr. Barnes," she said. Her voice trailed off into an indistinct murmur. He heard the receiver click on the hook, and, after calling "hello" twice, hung up his own with a sigh. Evidently O'Dowd had warned her of the approach of a ...

— Green Fancy • George Barr McCutcheon

... at the springs of Richard's future, in the forlorn dead-hush of his library there, hearing the cinders click in the extinguished fire, and that humming stillness in which one may fancy one hears the midnight Fates busily stirring their embryos. The lamp glowed mildly on ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... more, and, without saying a word, went out in confusion. When he heard the click of the lock as the door closed, he stood still in the middle of the staircase in hesitation and glanced upwards. It seemed to me that if a sound had reached him at that moment from above, he would have turned back. But all was quiet. He straightened ...

— The Lady with the Dog and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

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