▪ I. clicking, vbl. n.
(ˈklɪkɪŋ)
[f. click v.1 + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. click: a. gen.
| 1781 Cowper Hope 104 Conversation..Grows drowsy, as the clicking of a clock. 1845 Darwin Voy. Nat. vii. (1879) 138 A low note, like the clicking together of two small stones. 1858 Longfellow M. Standish v. 3 Clanging and clicking of arms, and the order imperative, ‘Forward!’ |
b. of a horse.
| 1831 Youatt Horse xix. (1847) 393 A singular species of over-reaching, termed Forging or Clicking. |
c. The process of cutting out the leather for boots and shoes. (Cf. clicker2 2.)
| 1909 J. A. Hobson Industr. System xviii. 281 The introduction of clicking machinery into the shoe trade has been followed by a net reduction of employment. 1916 Yorkshire Post 15 Feb. 5/5 Women have not yet been put to clicking. |
d. Printing. (See quot. and cf. clicker2 3.)
| 1860 Ruse & Straker Printing 121 Clicking. This is a term applied to the mode pursued in London of getting out work by the formation of a companionship, or selected number of men, who are appointed to go on with a certain work or works. |
▪ II. clicking, ppl. a.
(ˈklɪkɪŋ)
That clicks.
| a 1682 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vii. (1686) 78 The little clicking sound of the Dead-Watch. 1868 Whitman Sel. Poems 151 Yon Hottentot with clicking palate. 1870 Morris Ea. Par. iv. 111 The clicking loom's sharp noise. |