to click
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1.0
- verb
- /klɪk/
:
chasquear
- When I clicked the pen, it made a sharp click that caught everyone's attention.
- the switch clicked
- the camera clicked
- the shutter clicked
Of course, if I connect it back and click, the LED turns on.
- Of course, if I connect it back and click, the LED turns on.
- You see, when you hear, when you hear clicking, that's the signal.
- A toothy grin spreads across her face as the doorknob clicks and she enters the room.
- If the detector clicks, then you know the particle went right.
- So you're like click, click, click.
- When the thing clicks like you're done, it's full cuts off.
- So it was like click one of those.
Examples
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The results never fail to amaze me, sometimes to the point of forgetting to click the shutter.
Academic text (1995) -
Suddenly, a switch clicks; the oblong is illuminated, and a greenish patch projects onto the farther wall.
Academic text (2007) -
Of course, if I connect it back and click, the LED turns on.
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You just push or you point, you click on by touching on the screen.
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If you do not click it away it clicks on the pop up for you.
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All I'm getting is clicking noises.
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Richard picks up a silver ballpoint pen and clicks it in front of his eye several times.
Fiction book (1990) -
The mouse made a click as I selected the email in my inbox.
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She gave the latch a click, ensuring the door was securely closed.
Synonyms
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1.0
To touch or hit something lightly to get attention
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1.0
To make short, regular tapping sounds like a clock
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1.6
Make a sudden sharp sound or movement, for example when fingers click
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5.1
To make a short, sharp sound by hitting glass or metal together
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6.0
To make a short sharp sound like a clock
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7.2
To make short, sharp clicking sounds
To give a short, light knock on something
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
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1.6
An action of pressing and releasing a mouse button once to choose or open something
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7.6
A beetle that snaps its body to flip into the air and make a quick clicking sound
How Sharp
Surface Forms
Etymology
Click comes from copying a 'short, sharp sound' made by things like a camera or a latch, so the word is simply the noise. That's why we say a camera or a pair of heels 'click' when they make that quick, clear sound.