Click — Defs

01 v. i. To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

imp. & p. p. Clicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking

1.
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.

02 v. t. To move with the sound of a click.

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.

03 n. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.

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.

04 v. t. To snatch.

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

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. See: Ratched wheel
2.
The latch of a door.[Prov. Eng.]