English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /'klɪk/

Noun

click (plural clicks )

1. 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

2. (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
3. The act of operating a switch, etc, so that it clicks.
4. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse.

Translations

sharp sound

in phonetics

act of operating a switch, etc, so that it clicks

act of pressing a button on a computer mouse

Transitive verb

to click (clicking, clicked)

1. To operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
2. To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
   1. To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
3. To cause to make a click.

Translations

operate so as to make click

press and release (button on a mouse)

cause to make a click

Intransitive verb

to click (clicking, clicked)

1. To emit a click.

   He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked.

2. To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing .

   Click here to go to the next page.

3. To make sense suddenly.

   Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.

4. To get on well at a first meeting.

   When we met at the party, we just clicked and we've been best friends ever since.

emit a click

click the left button of a mouse

make sense suddenly

get on well at a first meeting

Interjection

click!

1. The sound of a click.

   Click! The door opened.

Translations

sound of a click

Derived terms

• click one's fingers
• double-click
• point-and-click
• right-click

See also

• ejective
• tsk, tsk tsk