CLICK
click, mouse click
(noun) depression of a button on a computer mouse; “a click on the right button for example”
pawl, detent, click, dog
(noun) a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
chink, click, clink
(noun) a short light metallic sound
cluck, click, clack
(verb) make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
click
(verb) produce a click; “Xhosa speakers click”
snap, click, flick
(verb) cause to make a snapping sound; “snap your fingers”
snap, click
(verb) move or strike with a noise; “he clicked on the light”; “his arm was snapped forward”
click, tick
(verb) make a clicking or ticking sound; “The clock ticked away”
chatter, click
(verb) click repeatedly or uncontrollably; “Chattering teeth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Click (plural Clicks)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Click is the 5596th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6216 individuals. Click is most common among White (91.15%) individuals.
Etymology 1
Noun
click (plural clicks)
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.
(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
Sound made by a dolphin.
The act of operating a switch, etc, so that it clicks.
The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
(by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
A pawl or similar catch.
Verb
click (third-person singular simple present clicks, present participle clicking, simple past and past participle clicked)
(transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
(transitive, computing, ambitransitive) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
(transitive, computing) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
(transitive, computing, advertising) To visit a web site.
(intransitive, computing) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
(intransitive) To emit a click.
(intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
(intransitive) To get on well.
(dated, intransitive) To tick.
(transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
Usage notes
Style guides for technical writers generally recommend using click transitively (for example: click the button), but intransitive use with on (click on the icon) is also widespread. The style guides do accept the use of in in phrases like click in the field.
Interjection
click
The sound of a click.
Etymology 2
Noun
click (plural clicks)
Alternative spelling of klick
Etymology 3
Noun
click (plural clicks)
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
(UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
Etymology 4
Verb
click (third-person singular simple present clicks, present participle clicking, simple past and past participle clicked)
(obsolete) To snatch.
Etymology 5
Noun
click (plural clicks)
(US) Misspelling of clique.
Verb
click (third-person singular simple present clicks, present participle clicking, simple past and past participle clicked)
(US) Misspelling of clique.
Source: Wiktionary
Click, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking.] Etym: [Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique.]
Definition: To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith.
Click, v. t.
1. To more with the sound of a click. She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. Thackeray.
2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. Ben Jonson. When merry milkmaids click the latch. Tennyson.
Click, n.
1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
2. 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.
Click, v. t. Etym: [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch.]
Definition: To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Click, n. Etym: [Cf. 4th Click, and OF. clique latch.]
1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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