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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024click1 /klɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a slight, sharp sound: the click of the key in a latch.
v. - to (cause to) give off or make such a sound: [no object]The lock clicked softly.[~ + object]He clicked the light switch on.
- Informal Terms[no object] Informal.
- to succeed;
make a hit:His career finally clicked with that hit record. - to fit together;
function well together: Their personalities don't click. - to become suddenly clear or understood:His mind clicked and he figured a way out.
- Computingto press and release a mouse button rapidly, as to select an icon:[~ + on + object]Click on the trash icon to erase the file.
- [~ + object] to strike together with a click: He clicked his heels and saluted.
click•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024click1 (klik),USA pronunciation n. - 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.
- Phoneticsany 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.
v.i. - 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 Terms
- 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.
- Computingto depress and release a mouse button rapidly, as to select an icon.
v.t. - to cause to click.
- to strike together with a click:He clicked his heels and saluted.
- Dutch klick (noun, nominal), klikken (verb, verbal)
- perh. imitative, but perh. 1575–85
- Weights and Measures, Slang Termsa kilometer.
Also, klick, klik. - probably special use of click1, but sense development unclear 1970–75
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: click /klɪk/ n - a short light often metallic sound
- the locking member of a ratchet mechanism, such as a pawl or detent
- 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
vb - to make or cause to make a clicking sound: to click one's heels
- (usually followed by on) to press and release (a button on a mouse) or to select (a particular function) by pressing and releasing a button on a mouse
- (intransitive) slang to be a great success: that idea really clicked
- (intransitive) informal to become suddenly clear: it finally clicked when her name was mentioned
- (intransitive) slang to go or fit together with ease: they clicked from their first meeting
Etymology: 17th Century: of imitative originˈclicker n |