click
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[edit] Etymology 1
Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s.
[edit] Noun
click (plural clicks)
- 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
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- There was a click in the front sitting-room. Mr. Pearce had extinguished the lamp.
- (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.
- (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.
- The term used to show approval, acceptance, or general agreement.
[edit] Translations
sharp sound
in phonetics
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act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks
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act of pressing a button on a computer mouse
[edit] Verb
click (third-person singular simple present clicks, present participle clicking, simple past and past participle clicked)
- (transitive) To cause to make a click, eg to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- (transitive) (direct and indirect) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- (transitive) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- (transitive, advertising) To visit a web site.
- Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com
- (intransitive) To emit a click.
- He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked.
- (intransitive) To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing.
- Click here to go to the next page.
- (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
- Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.
- (intransitive) To get on well.
- When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.
[edit] Translations
transitive: operate so as to make click
transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)
intransitive: emit a click
intransitive: click the left button of a mouse
intransitive: make sense suddenly
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[edit] Interjection
click
- The sound of a click.
- Click! The door opened.
[edit] Translations
sound of a click
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[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Noun
click (plural clicks)
- Alternative spelling of klick.
[edit] Italian
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English
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click m. inv.
