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Click \Click\, n.
1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a
pistol.
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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.
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Click \Click\, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. {Clutch}.]
To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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Click \Click\ (kl[i^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clicked}
(kl[i^]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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The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
--Goldsmith.
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Click \Click\, n. [Cf. 4th {Click}, and OF. clique latch.]
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}.
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2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
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Click \Click\, v. t.
1. 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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2. 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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