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clicks one's tongue

clicks one's tongue is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 clicks one's tongue

What is clicks one's tongue the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Clicks one's tongue is the third-person singular simple present indicative of click one's tongue.

Words near clicks one's tongue in the dictionary

  1. clicks for
  2. clicks into gear
  3. clicks of death
  4. clicks of the fingers
  5. clicks off
  6. clicks one's tongue
  7. clicks through
  8. clickskrieg
  9. clickstream
  10. clickstreams
  11. clickthrough

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