click

click
click1 [ klık ] verb *
▸ 1 make short sound
▸ 2 use computer mouse
▸ 3 understand suddenly
▸ 4 like someone immediately
▸ 5 happen easily
1. ) intransitive to make a short high sound like the sound when you press a switch:
The cameras continued clicking as they drove away.
click open/shut: He pressed a button and the doors clicked open.
a ) transitive to make an object make this short sound:
The policeman clicked the handcuffs around his wrists.
The young soldier clicked his heels and saluted.
click something on/off: She clicked off the bedside light.
b ) transitive if you click your tongue, you make a short sound with your tongue, usually to show that you are annoyed or do not approve of something
c ) transitive BRITISH if you click your fingers, you make a short sound by rubbing your middle finger against your thumb so that it hits the inside of your hand
2. ) intransitive or transitive COMPUTING to make a computer do something by pressing a button on the mouse:
Click save and close the document.
click on: To send the message, simply click on the send button.
3. ) intransitive INFORMAL if something clicks, you suddenly understand or realize it
4. ) intransitive INFORMAL if two people click, they realize immediately that they like each other and understand each other
5. ) intransitive if something clicks in a performance, sports event, etc., everything happens easily and in the best possible way
click
click 2 [ klık ] noun count *
1. ) a short sound like the sound when you press a switch:
The door closed behind him with a click.
2. ) COMPUTING the action of making a computer do something by pressing a button on the mouse:
You can order anything with a single click.

Usage of the words and phrases in modern English. 2013.

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