clickety-clickint.n.v.

Brit.

/ˌklɪkᵻtɪˈklɪk/, U.S.

/ˌklɪkᵻdiˈklɪk/

Forms: 1800s– clicketty-click, 1800s– clickety-click, 1800s– clickity-click, 1900s– clickerty-click, 1900s– clickitty-click.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: click int., -ety suffix.

Etymology: < click int. + -ety suffix + click int. Compare earlier clickety-clack n., and also click-clack n.

A. int.

Representing or suggesting a combination or rhythmic succession of clicking sounds. Often reduplicated. Cf. clickety-clack n. and int.

ΚΠ

1821 H. C. Knight Poems (ed. 2) I. 166 Did her soul to meet you tiptoe fly, Thro' the glass-windows of her eye, Making your heart go clickety-click?

1871 Our Young Folks Feb. 91 I heard a peculiar and prolonged sound like the winding up of a clock,—clickity-click, clickity-click, clickity-click!

1938 F. Loesser Song in my Heart is Rumba in R. Kimball & S. Nelson Compl. Lyrics F. Loesser (2003) 43/3 The song in my heart is a rumba, It's going clickety-click ta-da-da-da-boom.

1960 J. Morris World of Venice xxvii. 288 Two or three old ladies..continued blandly with their needle-work, clickety-click, clickety-click.

2002 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 22 Dec. c3/1 His scampering toenails go clickety-click on the polished floors.

B. n.

1. A combination or rhythmic succession of clicking sounds.

ΚΠ

1834 Champagne Club 27 Dec. 42/1 Mister Flibbertygibbet's well known clickety click was heard in the long passage which leads to my domicil.

1857 Express 23 Oct. 2/5 In every window..the framework of the looms is to be seen, and their clicketty click falls on the ear incessantly.

1913 H. A. Franck Zone Policeman 88 i. 6 I sat down in an arm-chair against the wall and fell to reading, amid the clickity-click of typewriters.

1986 N.Y. Times 25 June c1 The clickety-click of hurrying heels could hardly be heard.

2000 Art Rev. Dec. 27/4 This exhibition of knitting..has more to do with the hi-tech..and textural than the clickety-click of quiet nights spent by the fire-side.

2. In bingo: (a nickname for) the number sixty-six.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > bingo or lotto > [noun] > specific numbers

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1917 A. G. Empey Over Top xix. 148 The caller-out has many nicknames for the numbers such as..‘Clickety-click’ for sixty-six.

1933 L. A. G. Strong Sea Wall 256 A game of ‘house’ was in progress, and a voice monotonously droned the numbers:..‘clickety click’.

1962 Daily Tel. 25 June 11/4 Clickety click, 66; Gates of Heaven, No. 7.

2006 Daily Mirror 10 Nov. 76/1 All the sixes clickety-click, on its own number four, two oh blind 20... It is the lexicon of the bingo caller.

C. v.

intransitive. To make a rhythmic, swiftly paced succession or pattern of clicks (click n.¹ 1).

ΚΠ

1873 T. Brown Story Blount Family xx. 401 Mrs. Deacon Phelps, and Desire Moulton..being very rapid knitters, were excused from the sewing, and sat clickety-clicking as if for a wager.

1926 Glasgow Herald 17 July 4 The omnibus train clickety-clicked.

1972 N. Amer. Rev. Winter 30/2 Her syllables sound like well-oiled metal things clickety-clicking downhill, each about to run over the one in front of it.

2011 T. Schaffert Coffins of Little Hope xl. 167 A lunchtime program called Call-in for Cash, in which the host spun a wheel, the wheel clickety-clicking fast, then slow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clickety-click
释义	clickety-clickint.n.v. Brit. /ˌklɪkᵻtɪˈklɪk/, U.S. /ˌklɪkᵻdiˈklɪk/ Forms: 1800s– clicketty-click, 1800s– clickety-click, 1800s– clickity-click, 1900s– clickerty-click, 1900s– clickitty-click. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: click int., -ety suffix. Etymology: < click int. + -ety suffix + click int. Compare earlier clickety-clack n., and also click-clack n. A. int. Representing or suggesting a combination or rhythmic succession of clicking sounds. Often reduplicated. Cf. clickety-clack n. and int. ΚΠ 1821 H. C. Knight Poems (ed. 2) I. 166 Did her soul to meet you tiptoe fly, Thro' the glass-windows of her eye, Making your heart go clickety-click? 1871 Our Young Folks Feb. 91 I heard a peculiar and prolonged sound like the winding up of a clock,—clickity-click, clickity-click, clickity-click! 1938 F. Loesser Song in my Heart is Rumba in R. Kimball & S. Nelson Compl. Lyrics F. Loesser (2003) 43/3 The song in my heart is a rumba, It's going clickety-click ta-da-da-da-boom. 1960 J. Morris World of Venice xxvii. 288 Two or three old ladies..continued blandly with their needle-work, clickety-click, clickety-click. 2002 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 22 Dec. c3/1 His scampering toenails go clickety-click on the polished floors. B. n. 1. A combination or rhythmic succession of clicking sounds. ΚΠ 1834 Champagne Club 27 Dec. 42/1 Mister Flibbertygibbet's well known clickety click was heard in the long passage which leads to my domicil. 1857 Express 23 Oct. 2/5 In every window..the framework of the looms is to be seen, and their clicketty click falls on the ear incessantly. 1913 H. A. Franck Zone Policeman 88 i. 6 I sat down in an arm-chair against the wall and fell to reading, amid the clickity-click of typewriters. 1986 N.Y. Times 25 June c1 The clickety-click of hurrying heels could hardly be heard. 2000 Art Rev. Dec. 27/4 This exhibition of knitting..has more to do with the hi-tech..and textural than the clickety-click of quiet nights spent by the fire-side. 2. In bingo: (a nickname for) the number sixty-six. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > bingo or lotto > [noun] > specific numbers clickety-click1917 legs eleven1917 legs1933 1917 A. G. Empey Over Top xix. 148 The caller-out has many nicknames for the numbers such as..‘Clickety-click’ for sixty-six. 1933 L. A. G. Strong Sea Wall 256 A game of ‘house’ was in progress, and a voice monotonously droned the numbers:..‘clickety click’. 1962 Daily Tel. 25 June 11/4 Clickety click, 66; Gates of Heaven, No. 7. 2006 Daily Mirror 10 Nov. 76/1 All the sixes clickety-click, on its own number four, two oh blind 20... It is the lexicon of the bingo caller. C. v. intransitive. To make a rhythmic, swiftly paced succession or pattern of clicks (click n.¹ 1). ΚΠ 1873 T. Brown Story Blount Family xx. 401 Mrs. Deacon Phelps, and Desire Moulton..being very rapid knitters, were excused from the sewing, and sat clickety-clicking as if for a wager. 1926 Glasgow Herald 17 July 4 The omnibus train clickety-clicked. 1972 N. Amer. Rev. Winter 30/2 Her syllables sound like well-oiled metal things clickety-clicking downhill, each about to run over the one in front of it. 2011 T. Schaffert Coffins of Little Hope xl. 167 A lunchtime program called Call-in for Cash, in which the host spun a wheel, the wheel clickety-clicking fast, then slow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.n.v.1821
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