Click

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Click \Click\, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. {Clutch}.]
     To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  click
       n 1: a short light metallic sound [syn: {chink}, {clink}]
       2: depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the
          right button for example" [syn: {mouse click}]
       3: a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth
          (as in Bantu) [syn: {suction stop}]
       4: 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}, {dog}]
       v 1: move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his
            arm was snapped forward" [syn: {snap}]
       2: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
          [syn: {tick}]
       3: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn:
           {chatter}]
       4: cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn: {snap},
           {flick}]
       5: produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"
       6: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: {cluck},
           {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: {get through}, {dawn}, {come
          home}, {get across}, {sink in}, {penetrate}, {fall into
          place}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  64 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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}".
          {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)