clickingn.

Brit.

/ˈklɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈklɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: click v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < click v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier click n.¹In quot. 1660 at sense 1, clackings and clickings are contrasted with clakin . It is unclear whether the latter represents an attested Hebrew word, but if so, it may be Hebrew ḥalaqīm , plural of ḥēleq part (see moment n., and compare moment n. 2b), folk-etymologically associated with clacking n.

1. The action of making a click or clicking sound; the sound itself, a click.In quot. 1660, probably wordplay rather than an indication of a sense ‘a division of time’ (see note in etymology).

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > click

click1611

clicking1660

click-clack1756

sneck1851

snicking1893

snick1894

heel clicking1915

plock1936

snick-snack1970

1660 J. Sadler Olbia 170 The Jews had also, many other Divisions of Time, and Particles they called Clakin; As the English Saxons also, in their Clackings, or Clickings, of their Clocks, and Watches.

1668 W. Ramesey Ελμινθολογια: Physical Considerations Wormes 271 They hear but the clicking of a Death-watch.

1674 J. Norton in tr. M. A. Flaminio Scholars Vade Mecum 293 A knicking, or clicking with the teeth, or fingers.

1763 R. Brookes Nat. Hist. Birds II. xvii. 112 The clicking may be heard at a considerable distance.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 146 Conversation..Grows drowsy as the clicking of a clock.

1783 J. Beattie Diss. Moral & Crit. 89 The clicking of that little insect, which we call a death-watch.

1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. vii. 163 A low note, like the clicking together of two small stones.

1898 Daily News 21 May 7/4 The clicking of the needles, the tapping of the Wheatstones.

1928 Washington Post 1 Apr. f2/6 Amid the clicking of cameras.., Ruth Elder..signed a contract with Paramount Pictures.

1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 431 The clicking of snapping shrimp..is a form of ambient sound.

1986 L. L. Miller Memory's Embrace 1990 125 The clicking stopped, after what seemed to be a long time.

2014 L. Hsiu-Lien & A. Esarey My Fight for New Taiwan vi. 133 The clicking of boots stopped in front of my cell.

2. With reference to a horse: the action of striking the forefoot with the toe of the hind hoof while trotting, cantering, etc., as indicative of a defective gait. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > striking one leg against other

interfere?1523

overreaching?1523

interfering1562

overreach1607

speedy cut1692

click1694

clicking1825

forging1843

1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. iii. 928 They are..less liable..to interfere with the fore shoes by clicking.

1882 P. Howden Horse 105 Clicking, or striking the hind shoe against the fore one, while the horse is in action, often proceeds from his having been improperly ridden.

1963 L. F. Bloodgood & P. Santini Horseman's Dict. at Action Forging or clicking: When the foreshoe strikes the hind shoe on the same side.

3. The process of cutting out the leather for boots, shoes, etc. Cf. clicker n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > cutting or stamping out leather

clicking?c1855

?c1855 ‘P. Parley’ Bk. Trades, Arts, & Professions 54 The most delicate part of the shoe-maker's business is the ‘cutting out department’, called ‘clicking’, i.e., to cut out from a skin the ‘uppers’ or the ‘soles’ of the boots and shoes.

1916 Yorks. Post 15 Feb. 5/5 Women have not yet been put to clicking.

1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 126 The method of boot and shoe making is: 1. The clicking, or cutting to a pattern [etc.].

1995 Marketing 13 July 8/2 Each pair takes ten weeks to make, and there are 250 detailed processes involved, from setting and clicking, to closing and lasting.

†4. Printing. The method or process of printing by using a group of compositors working together under a clicker (clicker n. 1c). Cf. click v.¹ 5. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1860 G. Ruse & C. 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.

1876 J. Gould Letter-press Printer 36 I once assisted at a ‘rush’ where the line book and clicking were combined on the same work.

†5. Manufacturing Technology. The action of ruling lines using a pen guided by a mechanism featuring a wheel which clicks. Cf. click v.¹ 6. Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

1869 Eng. Mech. 5 Nov. 166/1 This operation of clicking is the really curious part of the manufacture [of objects with a tartan pattern].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

clickingadj.

Brit.

/ˈklɪkɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈklɪkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: click v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < click v.¹ + -ing suffix².

That clicks (in various senses of click v.¹); characterized by clicking.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [adjective] > click

clicking1650

clickety1881

the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > ingressive > click

clicking1650

clicky1882

poppysmic1922

1650 R. Baron Pocula Castalia 99 When these small clicking orbs you busie hear.., Think so my constant heart doth palpitate Towards you.

1660 J. Sadler Olbia 266 Her Heat, as That in the Earth, and our Heart also (the Cause of all motions and clicking Pulses) make her first Reak, and then Boyl.

1779 H. Cowley Albina iii. 49 The clicking death-watch..Hath now a sound to freeze me.

1796 G. D. Harley Poems 51 The clicking Instrument that measures time.

1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xix. 393 The smith can effect more by making the hind shoes of clicking horses short in the toe.

1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 111 The clicking loom's sharp noise.

1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 19/1 Across the hall was the odd clicking purr of a picture-machine.

1974 Texas Monthly Oct. 102 Behind her she could..hear the clicking shutters of newspaper cameras.

2010 Iola (Kansas) Reg. 17 Feb. 13 No more on-line games or I'll hang you by your clicking fingers!!!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clicking
释义	clickingn. Brit. /ˈklɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈklɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: click v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < click v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. Compare earlier click n.¹In quot. 1660 at sense 1, clackings and clickings are contrasted with clakin . It is unclear whether the latter represents an attested Hebrew word, but if so, it may be Hebrew ḥalaqīm , plural of ḥēleq part (see moment n., and compare moment n. 2b), folk-etymologically associated with clacking n. 1. The action of making a click or clicking sound; the sound itself, a click.In quot. 1660, probably wordplay rather than an indication of a sense ‘a division of time’ (see note in etymology). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > click click1611 clicking1660 click-clack1756 sneck1851 snicking1893 snick1894 heel clicking1915 plock1936 snick-snack1970 1660 J. Sadler Olbia 170 The Jews had also, many other Divisions of Time, and Particles they called Clakin; As the English Saxons also, in their Clackings, or Clickings, of their Clocks, and Watches. 1668 W. Ramesey Ελμινθολογια: Physical Considerations Wormes 271 They hear but the clicking of a Death-watch. 1674 J. Norton in tr. M. A. Flaminio Scholars Vade Mecum 293 A knicking, or clicking with the teeth, or fingers. 1763 R. Brookes Nat. Hist. Birds II. xvii. 112 The clicking may be heard at a considerable distance. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 146 Conversation..Grows drowsy as the clicking of a clock. 1783 J. Beattie Diss. Moral & Crit. 89 The clicking of that little insect, which we call a death-watch. 1839 C. Darwin in R. Fitzroy & C. Darwin Narr. Surv. Voy. H.M.S. Adventure & Beagle III. vii. 163 A low note, like the clicking together of two small stones. 1898 Daily News 21 May 7/4 The clicking of the needles, the tapping of the Wheatstones. 1928 Washington Post 1 Apr. f2/6 Amid the clicking of cameras.., Ruth Elder..signed a contract with Paramount Pictures. 1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 431 The clicking of snapping shrimp..is a form of ambient sound. 1986 L. L. Miller Memory's Embrace 1990 125 The clicking stopped, after what seemed to be a long time. 2014 L. Hsiu-Lien & A. Esarey My Fight for New Taiwan vi. 133 The clicking of boots stopped in front of my cell. 2. With reference to a horse: the action of striking the forefoot with the toe of the hind hoof while trotting, cantering, etc., as indicative of a defective gait. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > striking one leg against other interfere?1523 overreaching?1523 interfering1562 overreach1607 speedy cut1692 click1694 clicking1825 forging1843 1825 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Agric. iii. 928 They are..less liable..to interfere with the fore shoes by clicking. 1882 P. Howden Horse 105 Clicking, or striking the hind shoe against the fore one, while the horse is in action, often proceeds from his having been improperly ridden. 1963 L. F. Bloodgood & P. Santini Horseman's Dict. at Action Forging or clicking: When the foreshoe strikes the hind shoe on the same side. 3. The process of cutting out the leather for boots, shoes, etc. Cf. clicker n. 1a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > cutting or stamping out leather clicking?c1855 ?c1855 ‘P. Parley’ Bk. Trades, Arts, & Professions 54 The most delicate part of the shoe-maker's business is the ‘cutting out department’, called ‘clicking’, i.e., to cut out from a skin the ‘uppers’ or the ‘soles’ of the boots and shoes. 1916 Yorks. Post 15 Feb. 5/5 Women have not yet been put to clicking. 1968 J. Ironside Fashion Alphabet 126 The method of boot and shoe making is: 1. The clicking, or cutting to a pattern [etc.]. 1995 Marketing 13 July 8/2 Each pair takes ten weeks to make, and there are 250 detailed processes involved, from setting and clicking, to closing and lasting. †4. Printing. The method or process of printing by using a group of compositors working together under a clicker (clicker n. 1c). Cf. click v.¹ 5. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1860 G. Ruse & C. 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. 1876 J. Gould Letter-press Printer 36 I once assisted at a ‘rush’ where the line book and clicking were combined on the same work. †5. Manufacturing Technology. The action of ruling lines using a pen guided by a mechanism featuring a wheel which clicks. Cf. click v.¹ 6. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1869 Eng. Mech. 5 Nov. 166/1 This operation of clicking is the really curious part of the manufacture [of objects with a tartan pattern]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). clickingadj. Brit. /ˈklɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈklɪkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: click v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < click v.¹ + -ing suffix². That clicks (in various senses of click v.¹); characterized by clicking. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [adjective] > click clicking1650 clickety1881 the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by manner > [adjective] > ingressive > click clicking1650 clicky1882 poppysmic1922 1650 R. Baron Pocula Castalia 99 When these small clicking orbs you busie hear.., Think so my constant heart doth palpitate Towards you. 1660 J. Sadler Olbia 266 Her Heat, as That in the Earth, and our Heart also (the Cause of all motions and clicking Pulses) make her first Reak, and then Boyl. 1779 H. Cowley Albina iii. 49 The clicking death-watch..Hath now a sound to freeze me. 1796 G. D. Harley Poems 51 The clicking Instrument that measures time. 1843 W. Youatt Horse (new ed.) xix. 393 The smith can effect more by making the hind shoes of clicking horses short in the toe. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 111 The clicking loom's sharp noise. 1921 Amer. Woman Jan. 19/1 Across the hall was the odd clicking purr of a picture-machine. 1974 Texas Monthly Oct. 102 Behind her she could..hear the clicking shutters of newspaper cameras. 2010 Iola (Kansas) Reg. 17 Feb. 13 No more on-line games or I'll hang you by your clicking fingers!!! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1660adj.1650
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