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7 definitions found 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: click n 1: a short light metallic sound [syn: {chink}, {clink}] 2: a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) [syn: {suction stop}] 3: a hinged device that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: {pawl}, {detent}, {dog}] 4: depression of a button on a computer mouse: "a click on the right button for example" [syn: {mouse click}] v 1: move or strike with a click "then the brightness as he clicked on the light." [syn: {snap}] 2: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" [syn: {tick}] 3: click repeatedly or uncontrollably, as of teeth [syn: {chatter}] 4: cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers [syn: {snap}, {flick}] 5: produce a click "Xhosa speakers click" 6: make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens [syn: {cluck}, {clack}] 7: become clear suddenly; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him" [syn: {get through}, {dawn}, {come home}, {get across}, {sink in}, {penetrate}, {fall into place}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: clickTo 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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