click
noun
- 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
An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- 3
Sound made by a dolphin.
- 4
The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- 5
The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- 6
A pawl or similar catch.
verb
- 1
To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- 2
To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- 3
To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- 4
To visit a web site.
“Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com.”
- 5
To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
“From the home page, click through to the Products section.”
- 6
To emit a click.
“He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked.”
- 7
To make sense suddenly.
“Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.”
- 8
To get on well.
“When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.”
- 9
To tick.
- 10
To take (a photograph) with a camera.
interjection
- 1
The sound of a click.
“Click! The door opened.”
noun
- 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
An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
- 3
Sound made by a dolphin.
- 4
The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
- 5
The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- 6
A pawl or similar catch.
noun
- 1
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- 2
The latch of a door.
noun
- 1
A kilometer.
- 2
(usually in the plural) Kilometres per hour.
Synonyms
noun
- 1
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- 2
The latch of a door.
verb
- 1
To snatch.
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