- clicket
- click·et
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clicket
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Clicket — Click et, n. [OF. cliquet the latch of a door. See 5th {Click}.] 1. The knocker of a door. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. A latch key. [Eng.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clicket — verb To be in oestrus; to copulate. The sound of the clicketting foxes was unmistakable … Wiktionary
clicket — to copulate From the French cliqueter, to make a clicking noise and using the same imagery as click2. It is used properly of foxes, less often of deer and hares, and almost never of humans … How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms
clicket — I. ˈklikə̇t noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English cliket, from Middle French cliquet, from cliquer more at click now dialect England : latch, latchkey II … Useful english dictionary
Klicket — Klick et, n. [Cf. {Clicket}.] (Mil.) A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties. [Written also {klinket}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
klinket — Klicket Klick et, n. [Cf. {Clicket}.] (Mil.) A small postern or gate in a palisade, for the passage of sallying parties. [Written also {klinket}.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
clim — dialect past of climb * * * cliket, clim obs. ff. clicket, climb … Useful english dictionary
cleket — cleket(t, yt obs. ff. clicket … Useful english dictionary
clekett — cleket(t, yt obs. ff. clicket … Useful english dictionary
cliket — cliket, clim obs. ff. clicket, climb … Useful english dictionary
