click
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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) [syn: {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 [syn:
{pawl}, {detent}, {click}, {dog}]
4: depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the
right button for example" [syn: {click}, {mouse click}]
v 1: move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light";
"his arm was snapped forward" [syn: {snap}, {click}]
2: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
[syn: {click}, {tick}]
3: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn:
{chatter}, {click}]
4: cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" [syn:
{snap}, {click}, {flick}]
5: produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"
6: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: {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" [syn: {click}, {get through}, {dawn}, {come
home}, {get across}, {sink in}, {penetrate}, {fall into
place}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Click \Click\, n.
1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a
pistol.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Click \Click\, v. t.
1. To move with the sound of a click.
[1913 Webster]
She clicked back the bolt which held the window
sash. --Thackeray.
[1913 Webster]
2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking
together, or against something.
[1913 Webster]
[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. --Ben Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
When merry milkmaids click the latch. --Tennyson.
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from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
click
<hardware> 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}". Multiple clicks in quick succession,
e.g. a double-click, often have a different meaning from slow
single clicks. {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)
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
64 Moby Thesaurus words for "click":
be blooded, be successful, bump, catch on, chink, clack, clink,
clop, clump, clunk, come off, connect, crack, cracking, crackle,
crackling, crepitate, crepitation, crump, decrepitate,
decrepitation, dull thud, farewell, flick, flump, go,
go great guns, go off, go over, go over big, go to town, graduate,
make a hit, meet with success, pad, pan out, pass, pat, patter,
pitapat, pitter-patter, plump, plunk, pop, prevail, prosper,
prove out, qualify, rap, sizzling, snap, snapping, spit, spitting,
succeed, take, tap, thud, thump, tick, tinkle, tunk, work well,
work wonders
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