Click /(klĭk)/

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.

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.

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.

1. To snatch. [Prov. Eng.]

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.]