clicking

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clicking - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Click \Click\ (kl[i^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clicked
     (kl[i^]kt); 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.
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           The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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