click one's tongue

== English == === 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) To make a clicking noise with a sucking action of the tongue, to express disapproval or impatience, urge on a horse, etc. ==== Usage notes ==== The noise made to express disapproval or impatience generally corresponds to the interjections tut (UK) or tsk (US) (representing a sound made with the tip of the tongue against the teeth); the noise made to urge on a horse corresponds to the interjection tchick (representing a sound made with the one side of the tongue against the teeth). ==== Synonyms ==== cluck one's tongue === References ===