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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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"Click" Quotes from Famous Books

... the street. He was after it like a youth of twenty, and he recaptured it. But when he reached the extremity of the tunnel his amazed eyes saw nothing but a great cage of human animals pressed tightly together behind bars. There Was a click, and the whole cage sank from his sight ...

— Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days • Arnold Bennett

... then went lurching across the hall towards the door that led to the servants' quarters. The three men sat on, watching his antics in contempt, curiosity, and amusement. They saw him gain the heavy oaken door and close it. They heard the bolts rasp as he shot them home, and the lock click; and they saw him withdraw the key and slip ...

— The Tavern Knight • Rafael Sabatini

... his eyes with his frock, told him he was all right and called Sancho to pacify him. He was just putting little hand on the dog's neck and beginning to smile through his tears, when I heard behind me a click of the iron gate, and a rustle of female garments, and lo! Mrs. Graham darted upon me—her neck uncovered, her black locks ...

— The Tenant of Wildfell Hall • Anne Bronte

... line I ordered them immediately to lay down their arms. This, with insolent looks of defiance, they refused to do. "Down with your guns thus moment," I shouted, "sons of dogs!" And at the sharp click of the locks, as I quickly cocked the rifle that I held in my hands, the cowardly mutineers widened their line and wavered. Some retreated a few paces to the rear; others sat down and laid their guns on the ground, while the remainder slowly dispersed, and sat in twos or singly, under the various ...

— In the Heart of Africa • Samuel White Baker

... inn doorway, and staring out at the world, the swinging sign, the geese upon the green, the duck-pond, a waiting waggon, the church tower, a sleepy cat, the blue heavens, with the sizzle of the frying audible behind one! The keen smell of the bacon! The trotting of feet bearing the repast; the click and clatter as the tableware is finally ...

— The History of Mr. Polly • H. G. Wells

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