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Clicks

/klɪks/

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.

📖 Definitions of "Clicks"

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.

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."

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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