subs. (pugilistic).—A blow. For synonyms, see DIG, BANG and WIPE. Also a hold in wrestling.

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  1819.  T. MOORE, Tom Crib’s Memorial to Congress, p. 18. Home-hits in the bread-basket CLICKS in the gob. Ibid., p. 30.

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  1871.  Daily Telegraph, 8 April. C. and W. Wrestling Society. The various competitors struggled hard and put on all they knew in ‘hipes,’ ‘hanks,’ ‘CLICKS,’ ‘strokes,’ and ‘buttockings.’

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  Verb (old).—See quots., and Cf., CLICKER.

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  1748.  T. DYCHE, A New General English Dictionary (5 ed.). CLICK (v.) … or to stand at a shop-door and invite customers in, as salesmen and shoemakers do.

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  1785.  GROSE, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. To CLICK a nab; to snatch a hat.

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