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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Click" Quotes from Famous Books

... fingers he pushed upon the object. There was a slight click, and he saw the big iron door of ...

— The Rover Boys on the River - The Search for the Missing Houseboat • Arthur Winfield

... only by the click of instruments and the curt, crisp commands. The minutes, weighted with concentration, ran into the hour. Not a body in that room was aware of fatigue or anxiety. A life was at stake, and every one knew it. It did not matter that the man upon the table was ...

— The Place Beyond the Winds • Harriet T. Comstock

... wait, standing with his hand against his lips, his head bowed, till he heard the gate click. Then he lifted his face to the stars. "God," he whispered, "why do You make me forty-five ...

— Lydia of the Pines • Honore Willsie Morrow

... Then his mouth, opening to sharply retort, shut with a click. He knew that his sister, though only a girl, was perfectly right. It had been an unfair, uneven conflict. Theo put her finger on the blot with remarkable accuracy for a girl; two to one must always be unfair, and a rush of ...

— The Captain's Bunk - A Story for Boys • M. B. Manwell

... was a click at the gate and a long shadow fell on the footpath. It was Mr Armstrong in his flannels. He looked somewhat alarmed to find Miss Rosalind in possession. Still more to perceive that she proposed to remain where she was. His impulse was to make a feeble ...

— Roger Ingleton, Minor • Talbot Baines Reed

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