English Explanatory Dictionary

click

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.
  2. The act of snapping one's fingers.
  3. An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
  4. The sound made by a dolphin.
  5. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
  6. 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.
  7. A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
  8. A pawl or similar catch.
  9. A knock or blow.
  10. A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
  11. A click track.
verb
  1. To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
  2. To emit a click.
  3. To snap one's fingers.
  4. To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
  5. To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
  6. To visit (a website).
  7. To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
  8. To make sense suddenly.
  9. To get along well.
  10. To tick.
  11. To take (a photograph) with a camera.
  12. To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
intj
  1. The sound of a click.
noun
  1. Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”).
noun
  1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
  2. The latch of a door.
verb
  1. To snatch.
noun
  1. A kind of throw.
noun
  1. Misspelling of clique.
verb
  1. Misspelling of clique.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A ghost town in Llano County, Texas, United States, named after settler Malachi Click.

Pronunciation

klĭk /klɪk/ [kʰl̥ɪk] en-uk-click.ogg

Word forms

click clicks clicking clicked

Etymology

Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”).

Synonyms

click consonant

Related words

cliché ejective tsk tsk tsk tut tut tut

Derived words

autoclick clickability clickable click and collect clickbait click-bait click bait click beetle click chemistry click-clack clicker clickety click clickety-click click farm click farmer clickfest click for click fraud clickhaler clicking knife click into gear clickity clickjack clickjacking clickless clicko clickocracy click of death click one's fingers click one's tongue click pencil clickprint click reaction clickskrieg clickstream click-through clickthrough click through click-through rate click-thru clicktivism clicktivist click track click wheel clickworthy clickwrap clicky declicked double click double-click hairy click beetle hate click interclick keyclick left-click midclick middle-click misclick mouseclick point-and-click
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