·noun The latch of a door.
II. Click ·vt To Snatch.
III. Click ·vt To move with the sound of a click.
IV. Click ·noun A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
V. Click ·vt To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
VI. Click ·vi To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to Tick.
VII. Click ·noun A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. ·see ·Illust. of Ratched wheel.
VIII. Click ·noun 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.