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What's The Definition Of Click?
[n] depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example"
[n] a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [n] a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) [n] a short light metallic sound [v] become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [v] make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [v] produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click" [v] cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers [v] move or strike with a click; "then the brightness as he clicked on the light." [v] make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" [v] click repeatedly or uncontrollably, as of teeth Synonyms | Synonyms for Click: chatter | chink | clack | clink | cluck | come home | dawn | detent | dog | fall into place | flick | get across | get through | mouse click | pawl | penetrate | sink in | snap | snap | suction stop | tick Related Terms | Find terms related to Click: be blooded | be successful | bump | catch on | chink | clack | clink | clop | clump | clunk | come off | connect | crack | cracking | crackle | crackling | crepitate | crepitation | crump | decrepitate | decrepitation | dull thud | farewell | flick | flump | go | go great guns | go off | go over | go over big | go to town | graduate | make a hit | meet with success | pad | pan out | pass | pat | patter | pitapat | pitter-patter | plump | plunk | pop | prevail | prosper | prove out | qualify | rap | sizzling | snap | snapping | spit | spitting | succeed | take | tap | thud | thump | tick | tinkle | tunk | work well | work wonders See Also | articulate | catch | depression | emit | enounce | enunciate | go | let loose | let out | move | move | occlusive | plosive | plosive consonant | plosive speech sound | pronounce | rachet | ratch | ratchet | say | sound | sound | sound out | stop | stop | stop consonant | understand | utter Click In Webster's Dictionary \Click\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clicked}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Clicking}.] [Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier.
{See Clack}, and cf. {Clink}, {Clique}.]
To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such
noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
--Goldsmith.
\Click\, v. t. 1. To move with the sound of a click. She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. --Thackeray. 2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. --Ben Jonson. When merry milkmaids click the latch. --Tennyson. \Click\, n. 1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol. 2. A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward. \Click\, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. {Clutch}.] To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. \Click\, n. [Cf. 4th {Click}, and OF. clique latch.] 1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of {Ratched wheel}. 2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.] |
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