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) 2.0 [wn]:
click
n 1: a short light metallic sound [syn: {chink}, {clink}]
2: depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the
right button for example" [syn: {mouse click}]
3: a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth
(as in Bantu) [syn: {suction stop}]
4: a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a
wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward [syn: {pawl},
{detent}, {dog}]
v 1: move or strike with a noise; "he clicked on the light"; "his
arm was snapped forward" [syn: {snap}]
2: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
[syn: {tick}]
3: click repeatedly or uncontrollably; "Chattering teeth" [syn:
{chatter}]
4: cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your 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 or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It
dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was
penetrated with sorrow" [syn: {get through}, {dawn}, {come
home}, {get across}, {sink in}, {penetrate}, {fall into
place}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
click
<hardware> To 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)