click

/klɪk/

noun

Meaning

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, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.
"I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened; a click of one’s fingers"
An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
Sound made by a dolphin.
The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
A pawl or similar catch.

verb

Meaning

To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
To visit a web site.
"Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com."
To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
"From the home page, click through to the Products section."
To emit a click.
"He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked."
To make sense suddenly.
"Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time."
To get on well.
"When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since."
To tick.
To take (a photograph) with a camera.

interjection

Meaning