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1. A short light metallic sound
   - chink, clink
    
2. A stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
   - suction stop
    
3. A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
   - pawl, detent, dog
    
4. Depression of a button on a computer mouse
   "a click on the right button for example"; "a mouse click on the right button for example"
   - mouse click

1. Move or strike with a noise
   "he clicked on the light"
   - snap
    
2. Make a clicking or ticking sound
   "The clock clicked away"
   - tick
    
3. Click repeatedly or uncontrollably
   "clicking teeth"
   - chatter
    
4. Cause to make a snapping sound
   "click your fingers"
   - snap, flick
    
5. Produce a click
   "Xhosa speakers click"
    
6. Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
   - cluck, clack
    
7. Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
   "It clicked on him that she had betrayed him"
   - get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place

Sounds like: klick

Derived forms: clicked, clicks, clicking

Type of: articulate, catch, depression, emit, enounce, enunciate, go, let loose, let out, move, occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, pronounce, say, sound, sound out, stop, stop consonant, utter

Part of: rachet, ratch, ratchet

Encyclopedia: Click Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type