Click vs. Rap

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.

‘I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened;’; ‘a click of one’s fingers’;

Rapnoun

(countable) A sharp blow with something hard.

‘The teacher gave the wayward pupil a rap across the knuckles with her ruler.’;

Clicknoun

(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.

‘tsk is a click in English.’;

Rapnoun

(uncountable) Blame (for something), whether or not it results in a conviction.

‘You can't act irresponsibly and then expect me to take the rap.’;

Clicknoun

Sound made by a dolphin.

Rapnoun

(informal) A casual talk

Clicknoun

The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.

Rapnoun

Rap music.

Clicknoun

The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

‘With the right software you can program your mouse to do a double click with a single click (but that's cheating)’;

Rapnoun

A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.

Clicknoun

A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.

Rapnoun

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

Clicknoun

A pawl or similar catch.

Rapnoun

(historical) Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.

Clicknoun

A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.

Rapnoun

A whit; a jot.

‘I don't care a rap.’; ‘That's not worth a rap.’;

Clicknoun

The latch of a door.

Rapverb

(intransitive) To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.

Clickverb

(transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.

Rapverb

To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

Clickverb

To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).

Rapverb

(metalworking) To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

Clickverb

To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.

Rapverb

(ambitransitive) To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.

‘He started to rap after listening to the Beastie Boys’; ‘He rapped a song to his girlfriend.''’;

Clickverb

To visit a web site.

‘Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com.’;

Rapverb

To talk casually.

Clickverb

To navigate by clicking a mouse button.

‘I soon grew bored and clicked away from the site.’; ‘From the home page, click through to the Products section.’;

Rapnoun

A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.

Clickverb

(intransitive) To emit a click.

‘He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked.’;

Rapnoun

A quick, smart blow; a knock.

Clickverb

(intransitive) To make sense suddenly.

‘Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.’;

Rapnoun

A popular name for any of the tokens that passed current for a half-penny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.

‘Many counterfeits passed about under the name of raps.’; ‘Tie it [her money] up so tight that you can't touch a rap, save with her consent.’;

Clickverb

(intransitive) To get on well.

‘When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.’;

Rapnoun

conversation; also, rapping.

Clickverb

To tick.

Rapnoun

a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments; rap music.

Clickverb

To take (a photograph) with a camera.

Rapverb

To strike with a quick, sharp blow; to knock; as, to rap on the door.

Clickverb

(obsolete) To snatch.

Rapverb

To strike with a quick blow; to knock on.

‘With one great peal they rap the door.’;

Clickverb

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Rapverb

To free (a pattern) in a mold by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.

Clickinterjection

The sound of a click.

‘Click! The door opened.’;

Rapverb

To snatch away; to seize and hurry off.

‘And through the Greeks and Ilians they raptThe whirring chariot.’; ‘From Oxford I was rapt by my nephew, Sir Edmund Bacon, to Redgrove.’;

Clickverb

To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.

‘The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.’;

Rapverb

To hasten.

Clickverb

To move with the sound of a click.

‘She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash.’;

Rapverb

To seize and bear away, as the mind or thoughts; to transport out of one's self; to affect with ecstasy or rapture; as, rapt into admiration.

‘I'm rapt with joy to see my Marcia's tears.’; ‘Rapt into future times, the bard begun.’;

Clickverb

To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.

‘[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs.’; ‘When merry milkmaids click the latch.’;

Rapverb

To exchange; to truck.

Clickverb

To snatch.

Rapverb

To engage in a discussion, converse.

Clicknoun

A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.

Rapverb

to perform a type of rhythmic talking, often with accompanying rhythm instruments. It is considered by some as a type of music; see rap music.

‘All they could rap and rend and pilfer.’; ‘A judge who rapped out a great oath.’;

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.

Rapnoun

a reproach for some lapse or misdeed;

‘he took the blame for it’; ‘it was a bum rap’;

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.

Rapnoun

a gentle blow

Clicknoun

The latch of a door.

Rapnoun

the sound made by a gentle blow

Clicknoun

a short light metallic sound

Rapnoun

voluble conversation

Clicknoun

depression of a button on a computer mouse;

‘a click on the right button for example’;

Rapnoun

genre of African-American music of the 1980s and 1990s in which rhyming lyrics are chanted to a musical accompaniment; several forms of rap have emerged

Clicknoun

a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)

Rapnoun

the act of hitting vigorously;

‘he gave the table a whack’;

Clicknoun

a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

Rapverb

strike sharply;

‘rap him on the knuckles’;

Clickverb

move or strike with a noise;

‘he clicked on the light’; ‘his arm was snapped forward’;

Rapverb

make light, repeated taps on a surface;

‘he was tapping his fingers on the table impatiently’;

Clickverb

make a clicking or ticking sound;

‘The clock ticked away’;

Rapverb

perform rap music

Clickverb

click repeatedly or uncontrollably;

‘Chattering teeth’;

Rapverb

talk volubly

Clickverb

cause to make a snapping sound;

‘snap your fingers’;

Rapverb

strike (a hard surface) with a series of rapid audible blows, especially in order to attract attention

‘he stood up and rapped the table’; ‘she rapped on the window’;

Clickverb

produce a click;

‘Xhosa speakers click’;

Rapverb

strike (something) several times against a hard surface

‘she rapped her stick on the floor’;

Clickverb

make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

Rapverb

strike sharply with a stick or similar implement

‘she rapped my fingers with a ruler’;

Clickverb

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions;

‘It dawned on him that she had betrayed him’; ‘she was penetrated with sorrow’;

Rapverb

criticize severely

‘certain banks are to be rapped for delaying interest rate cuts’;

Clicknoun

a short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming smartly into contact

‘she heard the click of the door’;

Rapverb

say sharply or suddenly

‘the ambassador rapped out an order’;

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.

Rapverb

talk or chat in an easy and familiar manner

‘we could be here all night rapping about spiritualism’;

Clicknoun

an act of selecting an option on an electronic interface by pressing a button or touching a screen

‘it's normal for a click to select an item’;

Rapverb

perform rap music

‘he raps under the name of Mr T’;

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

‘Martha clicked her tongue’; ‘she clicked off the light’; ‘the key clicked in the lock and the door opened’;

Rapnoun

a quick, sharp knock or blow

‘there was a confident rap at the door’;

Clickverb

select (an option on an electronic interface) by pressing a button or touching a screen

‘click the left mouse button twice’; ‘click on the illustration for a larger version’; ‘you can click on an underlined word to jump to another section’;

Rapnoun

a sharp criticism

‘social services were smarting from an Ombudsman's rap’;

Clickverb

select an option on an electronic interface in order to reach another file, website, or web page

‘click through to the website to buy the CD’;

Rapnoun

a type of popular music of US black origin in which words are recited rapidly and rhythmically over an instrumental backing

‘rap artists’; ‘the label specializes in rap and modern soul’;

Clickverb

become suddenly clear or understandable

‘I wasn't used to such good treatment, then it clicked: we were wearing suits’;

Rapnoun

a piece of rap, or the words themselves

‘the track's a surprisingly lyrical rap’;

Clickverb

quickly become friendly or intimate

‘I couldn't help notice how pretty and intelligent she was and we just clicked’; ‘I didn't meet a woman who I really clicked with until I was 40’;

Rapnoun

a lengthy or impromptu conversation

‘dropping in after work for a rap over a beer’;

Clickverb

become successful or popular

‘I don't think this issue has clicked with the voters’;

Rapnoun

a criminal charge, especially of a specified kind

‘he's just been acquitted on a murder rap’;

Rapnoun

a person's reputation, typically a bad one

‘why should drag queens get a bad rap?’;

Rapnoun

the smallest amount (used for emphasis)

‘he doesn't care a rap whether it's true or not’;