click

IPA: kɫˈɪk

A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.
(Britain) The act of making a clicking sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and then releasing to strike the palm; a snap.
(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
Sound made by a dolphin.
The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
(graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
(by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
A pawl or similar catch.
(UK, slang, obsolete) A knock or blow.
A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
(UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
A surname.
Alternative spelling of klick [(slang, military) A kilometer.]
(US) Misspelling of clique. [A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.]

(transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
(intransitive) To emit a click.
(Britain) To snap the fingers.
(computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
(transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
(transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a web site).
(intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
(intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
(intransitive) To get along well.
(dated, intransitive) To tick.
(transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
(intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
(intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
(obsolete) To snatch.
(US) Misspelling of clique. [(intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.]

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