[klik] Pronunciation Key | 1. | a slight, sharp sound: At the click of the latch, the dog barked. |
| 2. | a small device for preventing backward movement of a mechanism, as a detent or pawl. |
| 3. | Phonetics. any one of a variety of ingressive, usually implosive, speech sounds, phonemic in some languages, produced by suction occlusion and plosive or affricative release. |
| 4. | any one of a variety of familiar sounds used in calling or urging on horses or other animals, in expressing reprimand or sympathy, or produced in audible kissing. |
| 5. | to emit or make a slight, sharp sound, or series of such sounds, as by the cocking of a pistol: The door clicked shut. |
| 6. | Informal.
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| 7. | Computers. to depress and release a mouse button rapidly, as to select an icon. |
| 8. | to cause to click. |
| 9. | to strike together with a click: He clicked his heels and saluted. |
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
| click
(klĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.
v. clicked, click·ing, clicks v. intr.
v. tr.
[Imitative.] |
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click
| click | |
noun | |
| 1. | a short light metallic sound [syn: chink] |
| 2. | a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) [syn: suction stop] |
| 3. | a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: pawl] |
| 4. | depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example" |
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" |
| 3. | click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn: chatter] |
| 4. | cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn: snap] |
| 5. | produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click" |
| 6. | make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: cluck] |
| 7. | become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" |
click (klĭk)
n.
A slight sharp sound, such as that heard from the heart during systole.
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click hardware
To press and release a button on a mouse or other pointing device. This generates an event, also specifying the screen position, which is processed by the window manager or application program.
On a mouse with more than one button, the unqualified term usually implies pressing the left-most button (with the right index finger), other buttons would be qualified, e.g. "right-click". Multiple clicks in quick succession, e.g. a double-click, often have a different meaning from slow single clicks. Keyboard modifiers may also be used, e.g. "shift-click", meaning to hold down the shift key on the keyboard while clicking the mouse button.
If the mouse moves while the button is pressed then this is a drag.
(1995-03-14)
Click
Click\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking.] [Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique.] To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. --Goldsmith.Click
Click\, v. t. 1. To move with the sound of a click. She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. --Thackeray. 2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. --Ben Jonson. When merry milkmaids click the latch. --Tennyson.Click
Click\, n. 1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol. 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 a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.Click
Click\, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch.] To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.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. 2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]Copyright © 2008, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.













