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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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),
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)
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