1. (noun)chink, click, clink a short light metallic sound
2. (noun)suction stop, click a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
3. (noun)pawl, detent, click, dog a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
4. (verb)click, mouse click depression of a button on a computer mouse "a click on the right button for example"
5. (verb)snap, click move or strike with a noise "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"
6. (verb)click, tick make a clicking or ticking sound "The clock ticked away"
7. (verb)chatter, click click repeatedly or uncontrollably "Chattering teeth"
8. (verb)snap, click, flick cause to make a snapping sound "snap your fingers"
9. (verb)click produce a click "Xhosa speakers click"
10. (verb)cluck, click, clack make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
11. (verb)click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
Definitions of 'click'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)click a slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol
2. (noun)click a kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward
3. (noun)click a detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel
4. (noun)click the latch of a door
5. (verb)click to make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick
6. (verb)click to move with the sound of a click
7. (verb)click to cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something