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click

Noun

1 a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, clink]
2 depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example" [syn: mouse click]
3 a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) [syn: suction stop]
4 a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: pawl, detent, dog]

Verb

1 move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward" [syn: snap]
2 make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" [syn: tick]
3 click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn: chatter]
4 cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn: snap, flick]
5 produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"
6 make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: cluck, clack]
7 become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place]

User Contributed Dictionary

English

Etymology

Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s.

Pronunciation

  • , /'klɪk/
  • Rhymes with: -ɪk

Noun

  1. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.
    I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.
    a click of one’s fingers
  2. In the context of "phonetics": An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
  3. Sound made by a dolphin.
  4. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
  5. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse.
  6. A kilometre.
    The term is used in countries that have adopted the metric system. In USA, it is commonly used in war and science fiction films; for example, the target is 5 clicks north.
  7. The term used to show approval, acceptance, or general agreement.

Translations

sharp sound
in phonetics
sound made by a dolphin
act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks
act of pressing a button on a computer mouse

Verb

  1. To operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
  2. To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
    1. To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
  3. To cause to make a click.
  4. To emit a click.
    He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked.
  5. To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing.
    Click here to go to the next page.
  6. To make sense suddenly.
    Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.
  7. To get on well at a first meeting.
    When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.

Translations

transitive: operate so as to make click
transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)
transitive: cause to make a click
intransitive: emit a click
intransitive: click the left button of a mouse
intransitive: make sense suddenly
intransitive: get on well at a first meeting

Interjection

  1. The sound of a click.
    Click! The door opened.

Translations

sound of a click

Derived terms

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Extensive Definition

Click may refer to:

Computing

  • Point-and-click, a gesture made with a computer input device such as a mouse
  • Klik, a type of visual computer programming

Sounds

Media and entertainment

Film and television

Other media

Other meanings

See also

click in German: Klick
click in Spanish: Clic (desambiguación)
click in French: Clic
click in Korean: 클릭
click in Dutch: Klik
click in Japanese: クリック
click in Russian: Клик
click in Finnish: Click

Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words

be blooded, be successful, bump, catch on, chink, clack, clink, clop, clump, clunk, come off, connect, crack, cracking, crackle, crackling, crepitate, crepitation, crump, decrepitate, decrepitation, dull thud, farewell, flick, flump, go, go great guns, go off, go over, go over big, go to town, graduate, make a hit, meet with success, pad, pan out, pass, pat, patter, pitapat, pitter-patter, plump, plunk, pop, prevail, prosper, prove out, qualify, rap, sizzling, snap, snapping, spit, spitting, succeed, take, tap, thud, thump, tick, tinkle, tunk, work well, work wonders
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