click

[ klik ]

/ klɪk /

noun

a slight, sharp sound: At the click of the latch, the dog barked.

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

Phonetics. any one of a variety of ingressive, usually implosive, speech sounds, phonemic in some languages, produced by suction occlusion and plosive or affricative release.

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

Computers. the act of rapidly depressing and releasing a button on a mouse or other input device, usually the left-hand button, as to select an icon.

verb (used without object)

to emit or make a slight, sharp sound, or series of such sounds, as by the cocking of a pistol: The door clicked shut.

Informal.

to succeed; make a hit: If the play clicks, the producer will be rich.
to fit together; function well together: They get along in public, but their personalities don't really click.
to become intelligible.

Computers. to rapidly depress and release one of the buttons on a mouse or other input device, usually the left-hand button: Just click on the link to get to the site. Compare right-click.

verb (used with object)

to cause to click.

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

Computers.

to select (a screen object) by rapidly depressing and releasing one of the buttons on a mouse or other input device, usually the left-hand button: Click “OK” to continue .Compare right-click.
to rapidly depress and release (a button on a mouse or other input device): Click the trackpad button once.

Origin of click

1575–85; perhaps imitative, but perhaps < Dutch klick (noun), klikken (v.)

OTHER WORDS FROM click

click·less, adjective

Words nearby click

clianthus, cliburn, clichy, cliché, clichéd, click, click beetle, click fraud, click stop, click through, clickable

Definition for click (2 of 2)

click ²

or klick, klik

[ klik ]

/ klɪk /

noun Slang.

a kilometer.

Origin of click

1970–75 or earlier; probably special use of click¹, but sense development unclear

Example sentences from the Web for click

So we picked out the song (“Rhiannon,” click here for video), and Deer Tick learned it.

Deer Tick's John McCauley on Ten Years in Rock and Roll |James Joiner |January 2, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
A click sends a user to a statement, a list of passenger nationalities, emergency call-center numbers, and other information.

The Presumed Crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Is Nothing Like MH370 |Lennox Samuels |December 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
For a longer list of 200 outstanding releases, click here.

The Best Albums of 2014 |Ted Gioia |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Click on it, gaze over it, and think about which of those states in the two shades of light blue might rush to buy into Obamacare.

Will GOP Govs Really Rescue Obamacare? |Michael Tomasky |November 12, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Click here for our Down & Dirty Guide to the Best Colleges 2014 What makes a college “the best?”

The Daily Beast College Rankings Methodology |Brandy Zadrozny |November 5, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
He held her close for a moment, then the screen door shut with a click, and they were gone.

Rosemary |Josephine Lawrence
He brought his heels together with a click, saluted again, and went away.

The Americanization of Edward Bok |Edward William Bok
There was a click in the latch of the door through which they had just entered.

Outside Inn |Ethel M. Kelley
He could see therein a fold of Madelon's indigo-blue petticoat, and could hear the click of a spoon against a dish; that was all.

Madelon |Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
The grin broadened—the triumphant grin of a boy when he hears the click of a trap and knows the quarry is inside.

Felix O'Day |F. Hopkinson Smith

British Dictionary definitions for click

click

/ (klɪk) /

noun

a short light often metallic sound

the locking member of a ratchet mechanism, such as a pawl or detent
the movement of such a mechanism between successive locking positions

phonetics any of various stop consonants, found in Khoisan and as borrowings in southern Bantu languages, that are produced by the suction of air into the mouth

US and Canadian slang a kilometre

computing an act of pressing and releasing a button on a mouse

verb

to make or cause to make a clicking sound to click one's heels

(usually foll by on) computing to press and release (a button on a mouse) or to select (a particular function) by pressing and releasing a button on a mouse

(intr) slang to be a great success that idea really clicked

(intr) informal to become suddenly clear it finally clicked when her name was mentioned

(intr) slang to go or fit together with ease they clicked from their first meeting

Derived forms of click

clicker, noun

Word Origin for click

C17: of imitative origin

Medical definitions for click

click

[ klĭk ]

n.

A slight sharp sound, such as that heard from the heart during systole.

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Definition for click (2 of 2)

or klick, klik

noun Slang.

Origin of click

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noun

verb

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BROWSE DICTIONARY

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click

noun

verb (used without object)

verb (used with object)

Origin of click

OTHER WORDS FROM click

Words nearby click

Definition for click (2 of 2)

or klick, klik

noun Slang.

Origin of click

Words related to click

Example sentences from the Web for click

British Dictionary definitions for click

noun

verb

Derived forms of click

Word Origin for click

Medical definitions for click

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