click
clicked; clicking; clicks
A click is a sound like a sharp tap. Your dog might start barking excitedly every evening when he hears the click of your key turning in the lock. And you might click your computer mouse when you are excited about getting to another page on the web.
Click is also a verb, meaning to make the sound of a click: "Don't click your tongue at me — I can have ice cream for dinner if I want to!" You can use the word in a figurative way as well, to mean "fall suddenly into place," as when a confusing math problem finally clicks for you. Increasingly, to click is to tap on a computer icon with a mouse: "Click through to my new website!"
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a short light metallic sound
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move or strike with a noise
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make a clicking or ticking sound
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click repeatedly or uncontrollably
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cause to make a snapping sound
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a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
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synonyms:
suction stop
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type of:
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occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
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occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant
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produce a click
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make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
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depression of a button on a computer mouse
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a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
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become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
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synonyms:
come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in
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