Found 2 items, similar to click.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: click
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]
click
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
]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Click
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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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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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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Click
\Click\, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf.
Clutch.]
To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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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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