click

click: click [klik]

n.

[echoic, but assoc. with ME clike, a locking latch (< OFr clique) & cliken, to chatter (< OFr cliquer)]

1. a slight, sharp sound like that of a door latch snapping into place

2. a mechanical device, as a catch or pawl, that clicks into position

3. Phonet. any of a class of stops, common in some African languages, made by touching the tongue to the roof of the mouth, drawing in the breath, and abruptly withdrawing the tongue from the roof of the mouth [the sound represented in English by the spelling “tsk” is a click]

4. Informal a flash of insight; epiphany

vi.

1. to make a click

2. Informal

a) to be suddenly clear or comprehensible

b) to fit, work, or get along together successfully

c) to be a success

3. Comput. to select or activate an icon, menu item, etc. by positioning the cursor over it and pressing a mouse button: usually with on

vt.

to cause to click

clicker

n.

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Synonyms:

Tick, clack, clink, beat, vibrate with a click / Move with a click, make click, Tick, clack, clink, beat / Sound with a click, utter with a click, Pawl, detent, catch, ratchet

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click — click; click·ety clack; click·less; click·er; click·et; click·able; … English syllables
Click — Click, v. t. 1. To move with the sound of a click. [1913 Webster] She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Click — Click, n. [Cf. 4th {Click}, and OF. clique latch.] 1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of {Ratched wheel}. [1913 Webster] 2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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click — ► NOUN 1) a short, sharp sound as of two hard objects coming smartly into contact. 2) Computing an act of pressing one of the buttons on a mouse. ► VERB 1) make or cause to make a click. 2) move or become secured with a click. 3) Computing press… … English terms dictionary
Click — Click, n. 1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol. [1913 Webster] 2. A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Click — Click, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. {Clutch}.] To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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