click has definitions from the fields of computer science,linguistics,phonetics
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[ verb ] move or strike with a click

Synonyms

snap

Examples

"then the brightness as he clicked on the light."

Used in print

(Norman Kent, "The Watercolor Art of Roy M. Mason"...)

Out of long experience I have found that incidental figures and other objects like trees , logs , and bushes can be traced from the original sketch and moved about in the major areas on the final sheet until they occupy the right position , which I call ' clicking ' .

(Dolores Hitchens, Footsteps in the Night....)

A second scene flashed before his mind , the interior of the garage at the new house and the young Bartlett girl turning startled to meet him , the dim dark and the sudden confusion and fear and then the brightness as Mae had clicked on the light .

(Edwin Booth, Outlaw Town....)

As he crossed to_the side of the stall , Curt drew his gun and clicked back the hammer .

Related terms

move chink

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[ noun ] a short light metallic sound

Synonyms

clink chink

Used in print

(High Fidelity, 11:10...)

The orchestra is far enough away from you that you miss the bow scrapes , valve clicks , and other noises incidental_to playing .

Related terms

sound snap tinkle clink

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[ verb ] make a clicking or ticking sound

Synonyms

tick

Examples

"The clock ticked away"

Used in print

(R. Leslie Gourse, With Gall and Honey....)

Rachel clicked her tongue behind her teeth .

Related terms

go tick

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[ verb ] cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers

Synonyms

snap flick

Related terms

move snap

5
[ verb ] become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

Examples

"It dawned on him that she had betrayed him" "she was penetrated with sorrow"

Related terms

understand

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[ noun ] a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

Synonyms

detent dog pawl

Related terms

catch ratchet

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[ verb ] make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

Synonyms

cluck clack

Related terms

utter clack

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[ verb ] (linguistics) produce a click

Examples

"Xhosa speakers click"

Related terms

pronounce suction_stop

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[ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)

Synonyms

suction_stop

Related terms

stop_consonant

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[ verb ] click repeatedly or uncontrollably, as of teeth

Synonyms

chatter

Related terms

go

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4253
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[ noun ] (computer science) depression of a button on a computer mouse

Synonyms

mouse_click

Examples

: "a click on the right button for example"

Related terms

depression snap

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