click
1a slight, sharp sound: At the click of the latch, the dog barked.
a small device for preventing backward movement of a mechanism, as a detent or pawl.
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.
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.
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.
to emit or make a slight, sharp sound, or series of such sounds, as by the cocking of a pistol: The door clicked shut.
Informal.
to succeed; make a hit: If the play clicks, the producer will be rich.
to fit together; function well together: They get along in public, but their personalities don't really click.
to become intelligible.
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 (def. 1).
to cause to click.
to strike together with a click: He clicked his heels and saluted.
Computers.
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 (def. 2).
to rapidly depress and release (a button on a mouse or other input device): Click the trackpad button once.
Origin of click
1Other words from click
- clickless, adjective
Other definitions for click (2 of 2)
or klick, klik
a kilometer.
Origin of click
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How to use click in a sentence
Something clicked inside me and I thought, “I should fight this, for my people.”
Putin’s Hockey Pal Tells All: Slava Fetisov on ‘Red Army,’ Soviet Nostalgia, and What Drives Putin | Marlow Stern | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe posterior metaphor clicked, and she began rapping about being “no size 2.”
‘All About That Bass’ Singer Meghan Trainor On Haters and Her Polarizing (and Unlikely) No. 1 Hit | Marlow Stern | October 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut something clicked for me, and I suddenly became fascinated (maybe obsessed) with George Takei.
“As soon as I heard the description it all clicked,” he tells Krauss.
‘Kill Team’: The Documentary the Army Doesn’t Want You to See | Andrew Romano | July 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI clicked through security questions, relieved to read that Twitter would remove the offending account, upon request.
MacRae's heels clicked together and his right hand went up in the stiff military salute.
Raw Gold | Bertrand W. SinclairMrs. Ducksmith shot a timid glance at him and the knitting needles clicked together nervously.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeThe gate clicked, in an instant she was on her feet, had he come to confess himself in the wrong?
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterHe clicked off and sat there moodily, and Beardsley watched him, noting the quick nervous rhythm of Arnold's fingers.
We're Friends, Now | Henry HasseThe knob under Genevieve's nerveless fingers clicked sharply, and Miss Hart raised her head with a start.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter
British Dictionary definitions for click
/ (klɪk) /
a short light often metallic sound
the locking member of a ratchet mechanism, such as a pawl or detent
the movement of such a mechanism between successive locking positions
phonetics any of various stop consonants, found in Khoisan and as borrowings in southern Bantu languages, that are produced by the suction of air into the mouth
US and Canadian slang a kilometre
computing an act of pressing and releasing a button on a mouse
to make or cause to make a clicking sound: to click one's heels
(usually foll by on) computing to press and release (a button on a mouse) or to select (a particular function) by pressing and releasing a button on a mouse
(intr) slang to be a great success: that idea really clicked
(intr) informal to become suddenly clear: it finally clicked when her name was mentioned
(intr) slang to go or fit together with ease: they clicked from their first meeting
Origin of click
1Derived forms of click
- clicker, noun
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