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The Meaning of click

  • (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
  • (v. t.) To move with the sound of a click.
  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To snatch.
  • (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.
  • (n.) The latch of a door.

Synonyms

clink , mouse click , jailhouse , pokey , chink , dog , poky , pawl , jail , slammer , suction stop , detent , gaol , heel , wienerwurst , hound , weenie , frank , frankfurter , hotdog , cad , bounder , wiener , frump , firedog , hot dog , blackguard , dog-iron , domestic dog , andiron , snatch up , sink in , shoot , dawn , tear , flick , tick , break down , come home , crack , snarl , penetrate , photograph , chatter , get through , lose it , snap , bust , fall into place , cluck , snatch , get across , rupture , clack , beat , mark , check , check off , ticktack , retick , tick off , mark off , ticktock , chitchat , shoot the breeze , twaddle , gossip , prattle , palaver , jaw , chit-chat , claver , tittle-tattle , maunder , chew the fat , tattle , visit , confab , gibber , blab , natter , piffle , confabulate , prate , chat , chaffer , gabble , blabber , thumb , ruffle , flip , flicker , riffle , riff , leaf , jerk , brattle , clatter , pass over , put over , get over , wrap up , come through , percolate , contact , pervade , cut across , infiltrate , bottom , finish up , reach , interpenetrate , permeate , get hold of , finish off , polish off , cut through , mop up , filter , while away , perforate , traverse , diffuse , clear up , cover , cross , riddle , fathom , imbue , track , move

Rhymes

afflik , arithmetic , bailiwick , bic , bick , blick , bolshevik , bric , brick , broomstick , bryk , candlestick , chick , chopstick , crick , cwik , dic , dick , dipstick , dyk , dzik , fenwick , fick , ficke , firebrick , flick , frick , fricke , gick , glick , handpick , hick , homesick , impolitic , joystick , kick , knick , krick , kubrick , kwik , lick , lipstick , lunatic , mc , mic , mick , micke , nic , nick , nightstick , nik , nonstick , ostpolitik , pic , pick , pickwick , picnic , pik , politic , prick , quick , quik , realpolitik , ric , rick , ricke , rilke , schick , schlick , schrick , schtick , seasick , shick , shtick , sic , sick , sidekick , slapstick , slick , smick , snick , spic , spick , stick , strick , swick , thick , tic , tick , toothpick , trick , vandyck , vanwyck , vanwyk , vic , vick , vik , wick , wik , wrick , wyk , yardstick , zick , zwick