click

v. t. [ OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch. ] To snatch. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. 4th Click, and OF. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The latch of a door. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Clicked p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking. ] [ Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique. ] To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. [ 1913 Webster ]

The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To move with the sound of a click. [ 1913 Webster ]

She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Jove ] clicked all his marble thumbs. Ben Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

When merry milkmaids click the latch. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) See Elater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [ Low, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Print.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cliquet the latch of a door. See 5th Click. ] 1. The knocker of a door. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A latch key. [ Eng. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a fast and rhythmic clicking sound, as of “click-clack”; as, the clickety-clack of the typewriters.
Syn. -- clickety-clack. [ WordNet 1.5 ]