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[klik] 
–noun
| 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. |
–verb (used without object)
| 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. |
–verb (used with object)
| 8. | to cause to click. |
| 9. | to strike together with a click: He clicked his heels and saluted. |
Origin:
1575–85; perh. imit., but perh. < D klick (n.), klikken (v.)
1575–85; perh. imit., but perh. < D klick (n.), klikken (v.)
Related forms:
clickless, adjective
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| click (klĭk) n.
v. intr.
[Imitative.] |
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.]
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : click
Spanish:
clic,
German:
das Klicken,
Japanese:
カチッという音
click
1581, of imitative origin; the figurative sense of "fit together" first recorded 1915.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: click
Pronunciation: 'klik
Function: noun
: a short sharp sound heard in auscultation and associated with various abnormalities of the heart
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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click (klĭk)
n.
A slight sharp sound, such as that heard from the heart during systole.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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