Click
[klɪk]
Definition
(noun.) depression of a button on a computer mouse; 'a click on the right button for example'.
(verb.) produce a click; 'Xhosa speakers click'.
(verb.) make a clicking or ticking sound; 'The clock ticked away'.
(verb.) become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; 'It dawned on him that she had betrayed him'; 'she was penetrated with sorrow'.
Typist: Ora--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
(v. t.) To move with the sound of a click.
(v. t.) To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
(n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
(n.) 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.
(v. t.) To snatch.
(n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
(n.) The latch of a door.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. Tick, clack, clink, beat.
n. [1]. Tick, clack, clink, beat.[2]. Pawl, detent, catch, ratchet.
Editor: Peter
Definition
n. a short sharp clack or sound: anything that makes such a sound as a small piece of iron falling into a notched wheel: a latch for a gate.—v.i. to make a light sharp sound.—ns. Click′-clack a continuous clicking noise; Click′er the compositor who distributes the copy among a companionship of printers makes up pages &c.: one who cuts up leather for the uppers and soles of boots and shoes; Click′ing the action of the verb.
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Examples
- When current is made, the relay attracts an armature, which thereby closes a circuit in a local battery and thus causes a click of the sounder. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The roar of the guns at Waterloo and the click of the first power printing press in London were nearly simultaneous. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There was a solemn pause--a shout--a flapping of wings--a faint click. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Finally I heard a click, the broad green door swung open, and inside I had a glimpse of a number of paper packets, each tied, sealed, and inscribed. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then, suddenly, came the sharp click of the tapper as it struck the coherer. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Andreu Nin heard a bolt click again. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I heard a click of steel and a bellow like an enraged bull. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The something that I had noticed before, clicked in the man's throat again, and he turned his back. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The telephone clicked, and Archer, turning from the photographs, unhooked the transmitter at his elbow. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- The lock clicked. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Then a key clicked in a lock, and I heard the rustle of papers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The clock ticked, the fire clicked; not another sound had been heard in the room or in the house for I don't know how long. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Something clicked in his throat as if he had works in him like a clock, and was going to strike. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The pistol clicked empty and I put in another clip. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- As for hindrance to this step, there offered not so much as a creaking hinge or a clicking latch. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Electricity fascinated him, and he could watch the machines and listen to the music of their clicking by the hour. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The tongs made a pleasant clicking sound and I could see Catherine in three mirrors and it was pleasant and warm in the booth. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- These movements give rise to the clicking sounds which represent the dots and dashes of the Morse or other alphabet as transmitted by the operator. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In the street, umbrellas were the only things to be seen, and the clicking of pattens and splashing of rain-drops were the only sounds to be heard. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- First comes the clicking machine. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I lay and listened to the rain on the canvas and the clicking of the car over the rails. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The other man took the receiver, and a moment later his ear caught the sound of three little clicks, faint, but distinct and unmistakable, the three dots of the letter S in the Morse Code. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Those clicks had been sent from Poldhu, on the Cornish coast of England, and they had traveled through air across the Atlantic Ocean without any wire to guide them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Then he listens in, and if he receives the clicks that show that the other station has heard him he is ready to establish regular telegraphic communication. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- It is clear that the working of the key which starts and stops the current in this line will be imitated by the motion and the resulting clicks of the sounder. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- By means of these varying clicks of the sounder, the operator interprets the message. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
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