clicking, participial adjective
- Origin:
- From click, a verb as yet undocumented, deriving from the noun (see click).
obs.
a. Of a person: speaking with clicks (see preceding). b. Of a language or set of sounds: including clicks.
1871 W.G. Atherstone in A.M.L. Robinson Sel. Articles from Cape Monthly Mag. (1978) 161What is this peculiar noise — these low chattering, clicking sounds that are gradually approaching us?..The truth flashes across our wondering brain — a troop of Korannas speaking their own wild language.
Of a person: speaking with clicks (see preceding).
Of a language or set of sounds: including clicks.
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