noun the latch of a door.
2. click ·vt to snatch.
3. click ·vt to move with the sound of a click.
4. click ·noun a slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
5. click ·vt to cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
6. click ·vi to make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
7. 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.
8. 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.