click Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a short light metallic sound
    clink; chink.
  2. noun a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
    suction stop.
  3. noun a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
    detent; pawl; dog.
  4. noun depression of a button on a computer mouse
    mouse click.
    • a click on the right button for example
  5. verb move or strike with a noise
    snap.
    • he clicked on the light
    • his arm was snapped forward
  6. verb make a clicking or ticking sound
    tick.
    • The clock ticked away
  7. verb click repeatedly or uncontrollably
    chatter.
    • Chattering teeth
  8. verb cause to make a snapping sound
    snap; flick.
    • snap your fingers
  9. verb produce a click
    • Xhosa speakers click
  10. verb make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
    cluck; clack.
  11. verb become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
    get through; get across; sink in; come home; fall into place; penetrate; dawn.
    • It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
    • she was penetrated with sorrow

WordNet

Click intransitive verb
Etymology
Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Clicked ; present participle & verbal noun Clicking
Definitions
  1. To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
    The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith.
Click transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To more with the sound of a click.
    She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. Thackeray.
  2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
    [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. Ben Jonson.
    When merry milkmaids click the latch. Tennyson.
Click noun
Definitions
  1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
  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.
Click transitive verb
Etymology
OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch.
Definitions
  1. To snatch. Prov. Eng. Halliwell.
Click noun
Etymology
Cf. 4th Click, and OF. clique latch.
Definitions
  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.
  2. The latch of a door. Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913