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.
2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
Click , v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch.]
To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Click , n.
1. A slight
sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a
pistol.
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.
Click , v. t. 1. To
move with the sound of
a click.
She clicked back the bolt
which held the window sash.
Thackeray.
2. To cause to make
a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs.
Ben Jonson.
When merry milkmaids click the latch.
Tennyson.
Click (kl&ibreve;k), v. i. [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.
The
varnished clock that
clicked behind the door.
Goldsmith.
Hear it pronounced