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7 results for click
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
click
n
  1. a short light metallic sound [syn: chink, click, clink]
  2. a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
    Synonym(s): suction stop, click
  3. a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
    Synonym(s): pawl, detent, click, dog
  4. depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for example"
    Synonym(s): click, mouse click
v
  1. move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his arm was snapped forward"
    Synonym(s): snap, click
  2. make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
    Synonym(s): click, tick
  3. click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth"
    Synonym(s): chatter, click
  4. cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers"
    Synonym(s): snap, click, flick
  5. produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"
  6. make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
    Synonym(s): cluck, click, 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"
    Synonym(s): click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Click \Click\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Clicked}; 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.
  
               The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
                                                                              --Goldsmith.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Click \Click\, v. t.
      1. To move 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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Click \Click\, n.
      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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Click \Click\, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. {Clutch}.]
      To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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}.
  
      2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   click
  
      To press and release a {button} on a {mouse} or
      other {pointing device}.   This generates an {event}, also
      specifying the screen position, which is processed by the
      {window manager} or {application program}.   On a mouse with
      more than one button, the unqualified term usually implies
      pressing the left-most button (with the right index finger),
      other buttons would be qualified, e.g. "{right-click}".
      {Keyboard} modifiers may also be used, e.g. "shift-click",
      meaning to hold down the shift key on the keyboard while
      clicking the mouse button.
  
      If the mouse moves while the button is pressed then this is a
      {drag}.
  
      (1995-03-14)
  
  
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