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clicking one's tongue

clicking one's tongue is the present participle and gerund of click one's tongue.

Meaning of click one's tongue

Verb

click one's tongue (third-person singular simple present clicks one's tongue, present participle clicking one's tongue, simple past and past participle clicked one's tongue)

  1. To make a clicking noise with a sucking action of the tongue, to express disapproval or impatience, urge on a horse, etc.
    • The driver clambered into his seat, clicked his tongue, and we went downhill.1896, Joseph Conrad, “The Idiots”, in Tales of Unrest, published 1898

Questions about clicking one's tongue

What is clicking one's tongue the present participle and gerund of?
Clicking one's tongue is the present participle and gerund of click one's tongue.

Words near clicking one's tongue in the dictionary

  1. clicking for
  2. clicking into gear
  3. clicking knife
  4. clicking knives
  5. clicking off
  6. clicking one's tongue
  7. clicking through
  8. clickings
  9. clickity
  10. clickjack
  11. clickjacking

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