Read full poem →Or quite so blasted with absurdity.
You click away the kingdom that is yours,
And you click off your crown for cap and bells;
Dictionary Entry
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 a
In a Sentence
“I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened; a click of one’s fingers”
Origin
Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “click”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →And let us hear no sound of human strife
After the click of the shutting. Life to life—
I lean upon thee, Dear, without alarm,
Read full poem →The varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door;
Read full poem →Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning
After a rain. They click upon themselves
As the breeze rises, and turn many-coloured
Read full poem →Hands and lit faces eddy to a line;
The dazed last minutes click; the clamour dies.
Beyond the great-swung arc o' the roof, divine,
