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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.
5.
Computers. the act of rapidly depressing and releasing a button on a mouse or other input device, usually the left-hand button, as to select an icon.
verb (used without object)
6.
to emit or make a slight, sharp sound, or series of such sounds, as by the cocking of a pistol: The door clicked shut.
7.
Informal.
a.
to succeed; make a hit: If the play clicks, the producer will be rich.
b.
to fit together; function well together: They get along in public, but their personalities don't really click.
c.
to become intelligible.
8.
Computers. to rapidly depress and release one of the buttons on a mouse or other input device, usually the left-hand button: Just click on the link to get to the site. Compare right-click.
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Clicked
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
verb (used with object)
9.
to cause to click.
10.
to strike together with a click: He clicked his heels and saluted.
11.
Computers.
a.
to select (a screen object) by rapidly depressing and releasing one of the buttons on a mouse or other input device, usually the left-hand button: Click “OK” to continue . Compare right-click.
b.
to rapidly depress and release (a button on a mouse or other input device): Click the trackpad button once.
Origin:
1575–85; perhaps imitative, but perhaps < Dutch klick (noun), klikken (v.)
1575–85; perhaps imitative, but perhaps < Dutch klick (noun), klikken (v.)
Related forms
click·less, adjective
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
click
1581, of imitative origin; the figurative sense of "fit together" first recorded 1915.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
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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Slang Dictionary
click (with (so)) definition
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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