click-v; 7 Senses

Sense Number 1: Be accompanied by a noise when moving or coming into operation.

Commentary: INCLUDES: CLICK OPEN, CLICK ON, CLICK SHUT Syntax Is: NP1[agent] CLICK NP[patient] NP1[theme] CLICK PP
NOTE: The clicking sound results as a symptom of turning on or off operation but the emphasis is on the movment or start of operation of the object.

Examples:
He clicked on the light.
These keys have clicked open many doors.
Harry wave his hand lazily and his record player clicked into action.
The door to their bedroom clicked shut behind them.
Several times, Chinese guards have pointed their automatic rifles
at young children of U.S. diplomats and clicked the trigger.

Mappings:
VerbNet: sound_emission-43.2,hit-18.1
FrameNet: Motion_noise,Impact,Cause_impact
PropBank: click.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
click_open 1

Sense Number 2: (cause to) make a clicking or ticking sound (repeatedly).

Commentary: NP1[theme] CLICK (ADVP) NP1[agent] CLICK NP2[patient[concrete]] (ADVP)
NOTE: The movment is not what is emphasized in this sense, rather the emphasis is on the noise made.

Examples:
John's alarm clock clicked loudly on his bedside stand.
The metronome clicked incessantly.
I clicked my fingers to the beat.

Mappings:
VerbNet: sound_emission-43.2,crane-40.3.2
FrameNet: Make_noise
PropBank: click.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3, 4

Sense Number 3: Produce a phonemic click.

Examples:
Xhosa speakers click during speech.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Make_noise
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5

Sense Number 4: Produce a vocalization, characteristic of birds.

Examples:
No bird clicked or whistled now.
The Bird clicked its laugh. "I have purposes, Garric," it said.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Make_noise
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 6

Sense Number 5: Become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions.

Examples:
It finally clicked for him that college was not as easy as it first appeared.
Calculus clicked for me my senior year of college.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 7

Sense Number 6: Become or be emotionally, positionally, or physically compatible.

Examples:
They just clicked.
Bryant and Bird clicked on an 18-yard pass play.
We finally clicked together in bed last night.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM

Sense Number 7: CLICK OFF: perform or finish an action rapidly.

Commentary: IS: CLICK OFF

Examples:
The game was clicked off in 1:48.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet Verb Particle Constructions, Multiword Expressions:
click_off 1