click.
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.
Meaning & usage
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.
As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.
The act of snapping one's fingers.
An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
tsk is a click in English.
The 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 or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
A pawl or similar catch.
A knock or blow.
A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
A click track.
Where this word comes from
Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”).
To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
To emit a click.
To snap one's fingers.
To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
To visit (a website).
Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com.
To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
I soon grew bored and clicked away from the site.
From the home page, click through to the Products section.
To make sense suddenly.
Then it clicked—I had been going the wrong way all that time.
To get along well.
When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.
To tick.
To take (a photograph) with a camera.
To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
Where this word comes from
Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”).
The sound of a click.
Click! The door opened.
Where this word comes from
Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”).
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
The latch of a door.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English clike, from Old French clique (“latch”).
To snatch.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cleken, a variant of clechen (“to grab”), perhaps from Old English *clēċan, *clǣċan, a byform of clyċċan (“to clutch”). More at clutch.
A kind of throw.
inside click; outside click; cross click
Where this word comes from
From Middle English cleken, a variant of clechen (“to grab”), perhaps from Old English *clēċan, *clǣċan, a byform of clyċċan (“to clutch”). More at clutch.
Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometer; kilometers per hour”).
Misspelling of clique.
Misspelling of clique.
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