Lick vs. Click
Licknoun
The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
Licknoun
The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
Licknoun
A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
Licknoun
A place where animals lick minerals from the ground.
Licknoun
A small watercourse or ephemeral stream. It ranks between a rill and a stream.
Licknoun
(colloquial) A stroke or blow.
Licknoun
(colloquial) A small amount; a whit.
Licknoun
(informal) An attempt at something.
Licknoun
(music) A short motif.
Licknoun
(informal) A rate of speed. Always qualified by good, fair, or a similar adjective.
Licknoun
(slang) An act of cunnilingus.
Lickverb
(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
Lickverb
(transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.
Lickverb
(colloquial) To beat with repeated blows.
Lickverb
(colloquial) To defeat decisively, particularly in a fight.
Lickverb
(colloquial) To overcome.
Lickverb
To perform cunnilingus.
Lickverb
(colloquial) To do anything partially.
Lickverb
(of flame, waves etc.) To lap.
Lickverb
To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand.
Lickverb
To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk.
Lickverb
To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter.
Licknoun
A stroke of the tongue in licking.
Licknoun
A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied.
Licknoun
A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; - often, but not always, near salt springs. Called also salt lick.
Licknoun
A slap; a quick stroke.
Licknoun
a salt deposit that animals regularly lick
Licknoun
touching with the tongue;
Licknoun
(boxing) a blow with the fist;
Lickverb
beat thoroughly in a competition or fight;
Lickverb
pass the tongue over;
Lickverb
find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of;
Lickverb
take up with the tongue;
Clicknoun
A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.
Clicknoun
(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
Clicknoun
Sound made by a dolphin.
Clicknoun
The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
Clicknoun
The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
Clicknoun
A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
Clicknoun
A pawl or similar catch.
Clicknoun
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
Clicknoun
The latch of a door.
Clickverb
(transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
Clickverb
To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
Clickverb
To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
Clickverb
To visit a web site.
Clickverb
To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
Clickverb
(intransitive) To emit a click.
Clickverb
(intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
Clickverb
(intransitive) To get on well.
Clickverb
To tick.
Clickverb
To take (a photograph) with a camera.
Clickverb
(obsolete) To snatch.
Clickverb
(US) lang=en
Clickinterjection
The sound of a click.
Clickverb
To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
Clickverb
To move with the sound of a click.
Clickverb
To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
Clickverb
To snatch.
Clicknoun
A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
Clicknoun
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.
Clicknoun
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
Clicknoun
The latch of a door.
Clicknoun
a short light metallic sound
Clicknoun
depression of a button on a computer mouse;
Clicknoun
a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
Clicknoun
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
Clickverb
move or strike with a noise;
Clickverb
make a clicking or ticking sound;
Clickverb
click repeatedly or uncontrollably;
Clickverb
cause to make a snapping sound;
Clickverb
produce a click;
Clickverb
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
Clickverb
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;
Clicknoun
a short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming smartly into contact
Clicknoun
a speech sound produced as a type of plosive by sudden withdrawal of the tongue from the soft palate, front teeth, or back teeth and hard palate, occurring in some southern African and other languages.
Clicknoun
an act of selecting an option on an electronic interface by pressing a button or touching a screen
Clickverb
make or cause to make a short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming smartly into contact
Clickverb
select (an option on an electronic interface) by pressing a button or touching a screen
Clickverb
select an option on an electronic interface in order to reach another file, website, or web page
Clickverb
become suddenly clear or understandable
Clickverb
quickly become friendly or intimate
Clickverb
become successful or popular
