EGAVE

click

About 23.54 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun 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.
    As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.
  2. noun The act of snapping one's fingers.
  3. noun An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
    tsk is a click in English.
  4. noun The sound made by a dolphin.
  5. noun The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
  6. noun 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. noun A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
  8. noun A pawl or similar catch.

Similar words

clack clink flick snap penetrate chink get across chatter sink in get through

Often followed by

the on ok next and of to in a

Word family

clickable clicked clicking clicks klick

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