clicket
English
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editclicket (third-person singular simple present clickets, present participle (UK) clicketting or (US) clicketing, simple past and past participle (UK) clicketted or (US) clicketed)
- (intransitive, of a fox or foxes) To be in oestrus; to copulate.
- The sound of the clicketting foxes was unmistakable.
Etymology 2
editFrom Old French cliquet (“the latch of a door”). See click.
Noun
editclicket (plural clickets)