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To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such
noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. |
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To move with the sound of a click. |
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To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking
together, or against something. |
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A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a
pistol. |
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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. |
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To snatch. |
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A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs
of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched
wheel. |
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The latch of a door. |
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