[klik] 
| 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. |
| click (klĭk) n.
v. intr.
[Imitative.] |
click (with (so))
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click (klĭk)
n.
A slight sharp sound, such as that heard from the heart during systole.
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)
