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vb. To make a slight, sharp noise as by gentle striking; to tick.
- vb. To move with the sound of a click. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
- 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.
- vb. To snatch.
- 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.
