[syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Click \Click\, n.
1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a
pistol.
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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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Click \Click\, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch.]
To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Click \Click\ (kl[i^]k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clicked
(kl[i^]kt); 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.
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The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
--Goldsmith.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Click \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.
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2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Click \Click\, v. t.
1. To move with the sound of a click.
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She clicked back the bolt which held the window
sash. --Thackeray.
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2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking
together, or against something.
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[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. --Ben Jonson.
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When merry milkmaids click the latch. --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
click
n 1: a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click,
clink]
2: a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth
(as in Bantu) [syn: suction stop, click]
3: a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a
wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn:
pawl, detent, click, dog]
4: depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the
right button for example" [syn: click, mouse click]
v 1: move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light";
"his arm was snapped forward" [syn: snap, click]
2: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
[syn: click, tick]
3: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn:
chatter, click]
4: cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn:
snap, click, flick]
5: produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"
6: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: cluck,
click, clack]
7: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It
dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated
with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come
home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into
place]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
click
To press and release a button on a mouse or
other pointing device. This generates an event, also
specifying the screen position, which is processed by the
window manager or application program.
On a mouse with more than one button, the unqualified term
usually implies pressing the left-most button (with the right
index finger), other buttons would be qualified,
e.g. "right-click". Multiple clicks in quick succession,
e.g. a double-click, often have a different meaning from slow
single clicks. Keyboard modifiers may also be used,
e.g. "shift-click", meaning to hold down the shift key on the
keyboard while clicking the mouse button.
If the mouse moves while the button is pressed then this is a
drag.
(1995-03-14)