Synonyms:
chink, click, clink
Meaning: a short light metallic sound
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
snap, click
Meaning: move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"
Synonyms:
click, tick
Meaning: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
Usage examples
There was only a slight click.
A sharp click interrupted him.
There was a faint scraping sound, followed by a click.
He placed the key in the lock and the bolt turned with a sharp click. Button-Bright did not hesitate.
He heard message after message flash through space, and click on his instrument, but none of them was in answer to his.
Cordery, the coastguard, came out of the cottage, levelled his telescope at some fishing-boats, shut it with a click and walked away.
Presently, with a click, a little square wicket that pierced the door was opened, and a woman's face peered out through the iron bars.
After the first few minutes of watching Tom click out the messages, the little throng of castaways that had gathered about the shack, moved away.
Nobody heard the click and rattle of the cog-wheels as the third-floor front of the Frogmore flats buzzed its machinery back into the Order of Things.
But there was the usual bustle going on in the other rooms of the tavern; there were shouts for the waiters, the sound of popping corks, the click of billiard balls, the drone of the organ.