click

The definition of a click is a slight, sharp sound or a device that makes such a sound.

(noun)

An example of a click is the sound of a padlock snapping into place.

Click means to make or cause a slight, sharp sound, or to be suddenly clear.

(verb)

See click in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a slight, sharp sound like that of a door latch snapping into place
a mechanical device, as a catch or pawl, that clicks into position
Phonet. any of a class of stops, common in some African languages, made by touching the tongue to the roof of the mouth, drawing in the breath, and abruptly withdrawing the tongue from the roof of the mouth: the sound represented in English by the spelling “tsk” is a click
Informal a flash of insight; epiphany

Origin: echoic, but assoc. with ME clike, a locking latch (< OFr clique) & cliken, to chatter (< OFr cliquer)

intransitive verb

to make a click
Informal
1. to be suddenly clear or comprehensible
2. to fit, work, or get along together successfully
3. to be a success
Comput. to select or activate an icon, menu item, etc. by positioning the cursor over it and pressing a mouse button: usually with on

transitive verb

to cause to click

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See click in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A brief, sharp sound: the click of a door latch.
A mechanical device, such as a pawl, that snaps into position.
Computer Science An instance of pressing down and releasing a button on a pointing device, such as a mouse.
Linguistics Any of various implosive stops, such as that of English tsk, produced by raising the back of the tongue to make contact with the palate and simultaneously closing the lips or touching the teeth or alveolar ridge with the tip and sides of the tongue, and found as phonemic consonants especially in the Khoisan and some Bantu languages. Also called suction stop. See Usage Note at !Kung.

verb clicked, click·ing, clicks

verb, intransitive

To produce a click or series of clicks.
Computer Science To press down and release a button on a pointing device in order to select an item on a display screen or activate a command or function.
Slang
a. To be a great success: The play clicked on Broadway.
b. To function well together; hit it off.
c. To become clear; fall into place.

verb, transitive

To cause to click, as by striking together: clicked his heels.
Computer Science To press down and release (a button on a pointing device). Often used with on.

Origin:

Origin: Imitative

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