click

/klɪk/

noun

  1. 1

    A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.

    I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened;  a click of one’s fingers
  2. 2

    An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.

  3. 3

    Sound made by a dolphin.

  4. 4

    The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.

  5. 5

    The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

  6. 6

    A pawl or similar catch.

verb

  1. 1

    To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.

  2. 2

    To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).

  3. 3

    To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.

  4. 4

    To visit a web site.

    Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com.
  5. 5

    To navigate by clicking a mouse button.

    From the home page, click through to the Products section.
  6. 6

    To emit a click.

    He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked.
  7. 7

    To make sense suddenly.

    Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.
  8. 8

    To get on well.

    When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.
  9. 9

    To tick.

  10. 10

    To take (a photograph) with a camera.

interjection

  1. 1

    The sound of a click.

    Click! The door opened.

noun

  1. 1

    A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.

    I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened;  a click of one’s fingers
  2. 2

    An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.

  3. 3

    Sound made by a dolphin.

  4. 4

    The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.

  5. 5

    The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

  6. 6

    A pawl or similar catch.

noun

  1. 1

    A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.

  2. 2

    The latch of a door.

noun

  1. 1

    A kilometer.

  2. 2

    (usually in the plural) Kilometres per hour.

Synonyms

noun

  1. 1

    A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.

  2. 2

    The latch of a door.

verb

  1. 1

    To snatch.

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