Implode and Click

verb

• Burst inward.
  • usage: "The bottle imploded"
  • synonyms: go off

noun

• A short light metallic sound.
  • synonyms: chink, clink
• A stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu.
  • synonyms: suction stop
• A hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward.
  • synonyms: pawl, detent, dog
• Depression of a button on a computer mouse.
  • usage: "a click on the right button for example"
  • synonyms: mouse click

verb

• Move or strike with a noise.
  • usage: "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"
  • synonyms: snap
• Make a clicking or ticking sound.
  • usage: "The clock ticked away"
  • synonyms: tick
• Click repeatedly or uncontrollably.
  • usage: "Chattering teeth"
  • synonyms: chatter
• Cause to make a snapping sound.
  • usage: "snap your fingers"
  • synonyms: snap, flick
• Produce a click.
  • usage: "Xhosa speakers click"
• Make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens.
  • synonyms: cluck, clack
• Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions.
  • usage: "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
  • synonyms: get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place

• (v.t.) To snatch.
• (n.) The latch of a door.
• (v.t.) To move with the sound of a click.
• (v.i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
• (v.t.) To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together or against something.
• (n.) A detent, pawl or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.