click

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.2.2.1 Translations 1.2.3 Interjection 1.2.3.1 Translations 1.2.4 Derived terms 1.2.5 See also 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Noun 2 Italian 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun

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[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: klĭk, IPA: /'klɪk/
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  Rhymes: -ɪk

[edit] Etymology 1

Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s.

[edit] Noun

click (plural clicks)

1. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact 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.

   I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.

   a click of one’s fingers

2. (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
3. Sound made by a dolphin.
4. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
5. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse.
6. (slang) A kilometre.

   The term is used in countries that have adopted the metric system. In USA, it is commonly used in war and science fiction films; for example, the target is 5 clicks north.

7. The term used to show approval, acceptance, or general agreement.

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[edit] Verb

to click (third-person singular simple present clicks, present participle clicking, simple past and past participle clicked)

1. (transitive) To cause to make a click, eg to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
2. (transitive) (direct and indirect) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
   1. (transitive) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
   2. (transitive) To visit a web site. (Used in Advertising)

      Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com

3. (intransitive) To emit a click.

   He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked.

4. (intransitive) To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing.

   Click here to go to the next page.

5. (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.

   Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.

6. (intransitive) To get on well at a first meeting.

   When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.

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[edit] Interjection

click

1. The sound of a click.

   Click! The door opened.

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[edit] Derived terms

• click one's fingers
• double-click
• point-and-click
• right-click

[edit] See also

• ejective
• tsk, tsk tsk

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

click (plural clicks)

1. Alternative spelling of klick.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

English

[edit] Noun

click m. inv.

1. click; variant of clic (especially of a computer mouse)