- 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 place2. a mechanical device, as a catch or pawl, that clicks into position3. 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; epiphanyvi.1. to make a click2. Informala) to be suddenly clear or comprehensibleb) to fit, work, or get along together successfullyc) to be a success3. Comput. to select or activate an icon, menu item, etc. by positioning the cursor over it and pressing a mouse button: usually with onvt.to cause to clickclickern.
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.