click my tongue

Oh, I often click my tongue; it's my only revenge.

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click (SOUND) Hide phonetics
verb [I or T]
to make a short, sharp sound, or to make something do this:
The door clicked shut behind her.
Can you hear that strange clicking noise?
Paul clicked his fingers (= moved his thumb against his middle finger to make a short sharp sound) to attract the waiter's attention.
Soldiers click their heels (= bring them sharply together) when they stand to attention.

click Hide phonetics
noun [C]
The soldier gave a click of his heels as he saluted.

click (BECOME CLEAR) Hide phonetics
verb [I] INFORMAL
to be understood, or become clear suddenly:
Suddenly everything clicked and I realized where I'd met him.
[+ question word] As he talked about his schooldays, it suddenly clicked where I had met him before.
[+ that] So it's finally clicked that you're going to have to get yourself a job, has it?
In the last act of the play, everything clicks into place.





click
n.

1. A brief, sharp sound: the click of a door latch.
2. A mechanical device, such as a pawl, that snaps into position.
3. Computer Science. An instance of pressing down and releasing a button on a pointing device, such as a mouse.
4. Linguistics. Any of various implosive stops, such as that of English tsk, produced by raising the back of the tongue to make contact with the palate and simultaneously closing the lips or touching the teeth or alveolar ridge with the tip and sides of the tongue, and found as phonemic consonants especially in the Khoisan and some Bantu languages. Also called suction stop. See Usage Note at !Kung.

v., clicked, click·ing, clicks. v.intr.

1. To produce a click or series of clicks.
2. Computer Science. To press down and release a button on a pointing device in order to select an item on a display screen or activate a command or function.
3. Slang.
   1. To be a great success: The play clicked on Broadway.
   2. To function well together; hit it off.
   3. To become clear; fall into place.

v.tr.

1. To cause to click, as by striking together: clicked his heels.
2. Computer Science. To press down and release (a button on a pointing device). Often used with on.

[Imitative.]

click

━━ n., v. かちっ（と鳴る，と鳴らす）; 【音声】舌打ち音; 〔話〕 うまくいく; 人気を博する, うける ((with)); （物事の意味が）通じる, ぴんとくる ((with)); 〔話〕 （異性と）うまくやる ((with)); 【コンピュータ】（マウスなどを）クリックする.
clickable map　【コンピュータ】クリッカブル・マップ.
click beetle　【虫】コメツキムシ.
click・er　━━ n. リモコン装置.
click stop　（カメラの）クリックストップ.