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click

/klɪk/

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What does click mean?

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.
  2. The act of snapping one's fingers.
  3. An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
More meanings (31)

noun

  1. The sound made by a dolphin.
  2. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
  3. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
  4. A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
  5. A pawl or similar catch.
  6. A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
  7. (informal) A click track.
  8. (slang) Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometer; kilometers per hour”).
  9. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
  10. The latch of a door.
  11. A kind of throw.
  12. Misspelling of clique.
  13. (obsolete, slang) A knock or blow.

verb

  1. To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
  2. To emit a click.
  3. To snap one's fingers.
  4. To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
  5. To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
  6. To visit (a website).
  7. To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
  8. To make sense suddenly.
  9. To get along well.
  10. To take (a photograph) with a camera.
  11. To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
  12. Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
  13. Misspelling of clique.
  14. (dated) To tick.
  15. (obsolete) To snatch.

interjection

  1. The sound of a click.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. A ghost town in Llano County, Texas, United States, named after settler Malachi Click.
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IPA pronunciation

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His arms moved in fierce, uncertain gestures, his face flushed, his enormous jaws shut together with a sharp click at every pause.
Frank NorrisMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProject Gutenberg ebook #165
I heard a click -- had no idea what it was -- and then the same movement back again to the lamp.
Roald AmundsenThe South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1Translated by Arthur G. ChaterProject Gutenberg ebook #3414
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Nor were we disappointed, for about midnight we heard the click of the powerful spring, followed immediately by frantic roaring and plunging.
J. H. (John Henry) PattersonThe Man-Eaters of Tsavo, and Other East African AdventuresProject Gutenberg ebook #3810
He put down the roughly-besmeared canvas and addressed a little click with his tongue, accompanied by an elevation of the eyebrows, to Newman.
Henry JamesThe AmericanProject Gutenberg ebook #177
Suddenly she heard the well-known click of the chain, and she saw Paul fling open the gate, push his bicycle into the yard.
D. H. (David Herbert) LawrenceSons and LoversProject Gutenberg ebook #217