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Definition of 'click'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) click
a slight, sharp sound:
the click of a latch.

2.  click
a small device for preventing backward movement of a mechanism, as a detent or pawl.

3.  click
any of a variety of ingressive, usu. implosive, speech sounds, phonemic in some languages, produced by suction occlusion and plosive or affricative release.

4.  click
any of a variety of sounds used in calling or urging on horses or other animals, in expressing reprimand or sympathy, or produced in audible kissing.

5.  click
Informal. a sudden insight or realization.

6. (v.i.) click
to emit or make a slight, sharp sound, or series of such sounds, as by the cocking of a pistol.

7.  click
Informal.

8.  click
to succeed; make a hit.

9.  click
to fit together; function well together:
Their personalities don't really click.

10.  click
to become suddenly clear or intelligible.

11. (v.t.) click
to cause to click.

12.  click
to strike together with a click:
He clicked his heels and saluted.

Etymology: (1575–85; perh. imit.; cf. D klick (n.), klikken (v.))

Definition of 'click'

Princeton's WordNet

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"

Definition of 'click'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) click
to make a short sound
the box lid clicked shut; I heard the camera click.

2.  click
to activate with a computer mouse
Click on the file to open it.; Click the icon at the top.

3.  click
to get along well with
They just didn't click.

4.  click
it clicked
sb suddenly understood
It suddenly clicked that she was talking about money.

5. (noun) click
a short sound
the click of the door; a click of his tongue

6.  click
the act of pressing a computer mouse button
***a double click

Definition of 'click'

Webster 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

8. (verb) click
to snatch

Translation of 'click'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a short, sharp sound, like that of a light-switch being turned on the click of the camera.
Afrikaans: getik, klik	Arabic: طَقْطَقَه، قَرْقَعَه، طَق	Bulgarian: щракане
Brazilian: estalo	Czech: cvaknutí	German: das Klicken
Danish: klik; smæld	Greek: κλικ	Spanish: clic
Estonian: klõps(atus)	Farsi: صدای تلک؛ تق	Finnish: napsahdus
French: déclic	Hebrew: נְקִישָה	Hindi: खटखट की आवाज
Croatian: škljocaj, cvoktanje	Hungarian: kattanás	Indonesian: suara ceklik
Icelandic: smellur	Italian: scatto, clic	Japanese: カチッという音
Korean: (스위치 등이) 찰칵 하는 소리	Lithuanian: spragtelėjimas	Latvian: klikšķis; klakšķis
Malay: klik	Dutch: klik	Norwegian: klikk, smekk
Polish: trzask	Persian: صدای تلک؛ تق	Pashto: دکمپيوټر پر موږک زور کول
Portuguese: estalo	Romanian: clic, pocnet	Russian: щёлканье
Slovak: cvaknutie	Slovenian: tlesk	Serbian: kuckanje
Swedish: klick	Thai: เกิดเสียงดังกริ๊ก	Turkish: 'klik', 'çıt' sesi, tıkır
Taiwanese: 卡嗒一聲	Ukrainian: клацання	Urdu: کٹ سے بجنا
Vietnamese: tiếng lách cách	Chinese: 卡嗒一声
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