Click

Quick meaning: Click is a noun meaning (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.

Meaning

(British) The act of snapping one's fingers.

More Meanings

1. (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
2. The sound made by a dolphin.
3. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
4. (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
5. A pawl or similar catch.
6. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
7. (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

Example Sentences

tsk is a click in English.

As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.

There was a click in the front sitting-room. Mr. Pearce had extinguished the lamp.

But I knew I needed a click, so we put a click on the 24-track, which then was synced to the Moog Modular.

Word Forms

• clicks
• clicking
• clicked

Synonyms for click

Depending on context, synonyms include snap, flick, penetrate, chatter, clack, dog.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include clack, clink, flick, snap, penetrate, chink.

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