Click
Click (klik) , intransitive verb
[Probably an onomatopoetic word: compare Old French cliquier. See Clack, and compare 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.
Click , transitive verb
1.
To move with the sound of a click.
She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash.
2.
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 , noun
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 , transitive verb
[Old English kleken, clichen. Compare Clutch.]
To snatch. [Provincial English] — Halliwell
Click , noun
[Compare 4th Click, and Old French 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. [Provincial English]