Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”).
bg щрак (sound of a click) · fi klik (sound of a click) · pt clique (sound of a click) · pl klik (sound of a click) · mk чкрап (sound of a click) · mk шкрап (sound of a click) · fi naps (sound of a click) · ru щёлк (sound of a click) · uk клац (sound of a click) · mk штрак (sound of a click) · cs cvak (sound of a click)
Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”).
Meanings
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.
There was a click in the front sitting-room. Mr. Pearce had extinguished the lamp. 1922 October 26, Virginia Woolf, chapter 1, in Jacob’s Room, Richmond, London: […] Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC; republished London: The Hogarth Press, 1960, →OCLC:
As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.
(UK) The act of snapping one's fingers.
An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
tsk is a click in English.
The sound made by a dolphin.
The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
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.
(broadly) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained. 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 48:
Internet traffic to legal pornography sites in the UK comprised 8.5% of all "clicks" on web pages in June – exceeding those for shopping, news, business or social networks, according to new data obtained exclusively by the Guardian. 2013 July 26, Charles Arthur, “Porn sites get more internet traffic in UK than social networks or shopping”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
A pawl or similar catch.
A wheel, with teeth in which a click or pawl engages to prevent backward motion; or the same with addition of another click through which power is imparted at intervals to move the wheel. 1943, Chilton's Jewelers' Circular:
(UK, obsolete, slang) A knock or blow.
This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […] 1808, Richard Graves, The Spiritual Quixote, page 127:
A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
(informal) A click track.
But I knew I needed a click, so we put a click on the 24-track, which then was synced to the Moog Modular. 2013, “Giorgio by Moroder”, in Giorgio Moroder (lyrics), Random Access Memories, performed by Daft Punk:
uk клац (sharp sound) · fi napsahdus (sharp sound) · uk клац (sound made by a dolphin) · sco sneck (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · ro clicare (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · es chasquido (sharp sound) · ka დაწკაპუნება (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · vi âm mút (in phonetics) · pl kliknięcie (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · ca clic (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · pl klik (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · nb klikk (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · tl lapitpit (in phonetics) · ru клик (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · km ចុច (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · pl klik (act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks) · vi lượt nhấp chuột (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · fi naksaus (sharp sound) · cs klik (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · ru щёлканье (sharp sound) · sv klickning (sharp sound) · fi avulsiivi (in phonetics) · mk чкрапнување (act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks) · de Klick (in phonetics) · mi ngotongoto (sharp sound) · mk чкрапање (sharp sound) · pt clique (in phonetics) · pt estalo (sharp sound) · bg щракане (sharp sound) · ru щёлканье (act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks) · mk клик (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · ta கிளிக் (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · de Schnalzlaut (in phonetics) · ro clic (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · de Mausklick (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · vi cú nhấp chuột (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · fi napsautus (act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks) · ru щелчо́к (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · ru щёлкающий звук (in phonetics) · nb museklikk (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · it consonante avulsiva (in phonetics) · cs kliknutí (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · fi maiskausäänne (in phonetics) · sv klick (sharp sound) · nl klikken (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · ru щелчо́к (sound made by a dolphin) · vi lượt nhấn chuột (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · ru щелчо́к (sharp sound) · fr clic (sound made by a dolphin) · ru щёлканье (sound made by a dolphin) · uk кла́цання (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · bg кликване (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · es cliqueo (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · sv klick (sound made by a dolphin) · fa کلیک (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · vi âm chắt (in phonetics) · tl lapitpit (sharp sound) · pl kliknięcie (act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks) · gl clic (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · mk шкрапање (sharp sound) · te నొక్కు (act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks) · nb klikk (sharp sound) · de Klicken (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · ca clic (in phonetics) · st klika (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · da klik (sound made by a dolphin) · fi naksausäänne (in phonetics) · es chasquido (sound made by a dolphin) · eo klako (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · pt estalido (sharp sound) · pt clique (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · ms ketik (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · gl estralido (sharp sound) · ja クリック (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · sv klick (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · uk клік (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · af kliek (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · is smellur (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · fr clic (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · pl trzask (sharp sound) · nn museklikk (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · vi lượt kích (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · fi naksaus (sound made by a dolphin) · ar نَقْرَة (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · af klik (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · fi napsautus (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · vi lượt bấm chuột (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · vi tiếng lách cách (sharp sound) · es chasquido (in phonetics) · vi tiếng tắc lưỡi (in phonetics) · es pulsado (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · cmn 點擊 /点击 (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · is smellihljóð (in phonetics) · ko 클릭 (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · az çıqqıltı (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · is smellur (sharp sound) · es aprieto (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · te నొక్కు (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · fr clic (sharp sound) · mi ngetengete (sharp sound) · gd briogadh (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · mk штракање (sharp sound) · nn klikk (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · sv klickljud (in phonetics) · apw kee bił odalkalí (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · uk кла́цання (act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks) · bg цъкащ звук (in phonetics) · pl pstryk (sharp sound) · tr tık (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · fi klikkaus (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · es clic (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · gl estalido (sharp sound) · fi naksahdus (sharp sound) · gl chasquexo (sharp sound) · vi tiếng tặc lưỡi (in phonetics) · uk кла́цання (sharp sound) · uk кла́цання (sound made by a dolphin) · nn klikk (sharp sound) · fr déclic (sharp sound) · it clicca (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · de Klick (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · pl mlask (in phonetics) · cmn 喌音 (in phonetics) · cmn 搭嘴音 (in phonetics) · eo musklako (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · bg цъкане (act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks) · vi lượt ấn chuột (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse) · tl lapitpit (sound made by a dolphin) · el κλικ (act of pressing a button on a computer mouse)
Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”).
Meanings
(transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
Dan clicked his tongue. 1956, Ethel Anderson, At Parramatta, published 1985, page 60:
His voice rose in a clacking chatter; his long whip curled over the backs of the dogs, and, eager for the thrill of the trail, the malemiuts leaped out in a straight tawny line, whimpering and whining and clicking their jaws […] 1918, The Cosmopolitan, volume 66, page 61:
When merry milkmaids click the latch, / And rarely smells the new-mown hay, / […] / Alone and warming his five wits, / The white owl in the belfry sits. 1842, Alfred Tennyson, “Song.—The Owl.”, in Poems. […], volume I, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, stanza 2, page 20:
She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter L, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. 1603 (first performance), Ben[jamin] Jonson, Seianus His Fall, London: […] G[eorge] Elld, for Thomas Thorpe, published 1605, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
(intransitive) To emit a click.
Surely that picture will be fixed for ever, for I heard the cameras clicking round me like crickets in a field. 1929, Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed:
(UK) To snap one's fingers.
To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
(transitive) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
(transitive) To visit (a website).
Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com.
(intransitive) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
From the home page, click through to the Products section.
I soon grew bored and clicked away from the site.
(intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
Then it clicked—I had been going the wrong way all that time.
(intransitive) To get along well.
After tea, the bright boys wash, clean their boots, and change into their “second-best” attire, and stroll forth[…]; sometimes to saunter, in company with others, up and down that parade until they “click” with one of the “birds.” 1918 [1915], Thomas Burke, Nights in London, New York: Henry Holt and Company, page 75:
When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.
(dated, intransitive) To tick.
the varnish'd clock that click'd behind the door 1770, [Oliver] Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, a Poem, London: […] W[illiam] Griffin, […], →OCLC:
(India, transitive) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
They clicked some pictures outside his sea facing bungalow and left dejected again. 2017, Pankaj Upadhyay, Homecoming:
Brad immediately took out his Iphone^([sic]) and clicked a picture of the plant and posted it up on Google and clicked search. 2014, Dhisti Desai, Innocent Desire, page 107:
(India, intransitive) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
(India, intransitive) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
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Translations (186)
it su) cliccare (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · ru дойти́ (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · kmr tikandin (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · pt apertar (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · mi ngongoto (intransitive: emit a click) · ru щёлкнуть (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · eo alklaki (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · pl kliknąć (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · nrf clyiquer (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · eo klaki (transitive: operate so as to make click) · mi pāwhiri (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ru щёлкать (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · tr tıklamak (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · hy կտտացնել (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · vi bấm chuột (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · pt cair a ficha (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · uk кла́цнути (transitive: operate so as to make click) · uk кла́цати (intransitive: emit a click) · ta கிளிக் பண்ணு (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ar نَقَرَ (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · ca clicar (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · pl kliknąć (transitive: operate so as to make click) · pl klikać (transitive: operate so as to make click) · hu klikkel (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · hu ráklikkel (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · mi pāwhiri (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · is smella (intransitive: emit a click) · te నొక్కు (transitive: operate so as to make click) · pt clicar (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · te నొక్కు (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · kmr klîk kirin (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · gd cnag (intransitive: emit a click) · fi synkata (intransitive: get on well at a first meeting) · ga cliceáil (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · vi nhấp chuột (vào) (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ko 클릭하다 (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · sv klicka (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · fr cliquer (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · hu kattint (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · cs cvaknout (transitive: operate so as to make click) · ko 누르다 (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · fi valjeta (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · fi näpäyttää (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · ga gliogáil (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · th คลิก (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · tl lumapitpit (intransitive: emit a click) · eo alklaki (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · de klicken (transitive: operate so as to make click) · uk кла́цнути (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · vi nhấn chuột (on: vào) (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ro clica (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · vi bấm (vào) (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · de schnalzen (intransitive: emit a click) · es hacer clic (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · pt encaixar (intransitive: get on well at a first meeting) · is smella (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · lb klécken (transitive: operate so as to make click) · mk клика (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · gd briog (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · uk кла́цати (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · vi kích (vào) (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · de klicken (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · fr cliquer (transitive: operate so as to make click) · vi kêu lách cách (intransitive: emit a click) · vi ấn chuột (vào) (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · pt estalar (intransitive: emit a click) · ru кли́кать (transitive: operate so as to make click) · cmn 點擊 /点击 (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ru щёлкать (transitive: operate so as to make click) · ta கிளிக் செய் (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · uk кла́цати (transitive: operate so as to make click) · cs sednout si (intransitive: get on well at a first meeting) · is smella saman (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · es cliquear (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · pt clicar (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · hu beugrik (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · uk клі́кнути (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · gl premer (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · vi nhấp chuột (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · ms mengklik (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · ja クリックする (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ru кли́кнуть (transitive: operate so as to make click) · gd cliog (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · eo klaki (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · fi naksauttaa (transitive: operate so as to make click) · mi whakatokara (transitive: operate so as to make click) · izh naksahtaa (intransitive: emit a click) · vi nhấn (vào) (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · vi bấm chuột (vào) (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · vi tâm đầu ý hợp (intransitive: get on well at a first meeting) · es cliquear (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · id mengeklik (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · km ចុច (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ar نَقَرَ (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · es hacer clic (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ru кли́кать (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · uk клі́кнути (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ro clica (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ru кли́кнуть (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · vi ấn (vào) (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · da klikke (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · uk клі́кати (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · es congeniar (intransitive: get on well at a first meeting) · mi ngotongoto (intransitive: emit a click) · fi napsauttaa (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · vi ấn chuột (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · de klicken (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · vi nhấp (vào) (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · es clicar (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · as টিপা (transitive: operate so as to make click) · ml ഞെക്കുക (transitive: operate so as to make click) · cs dojít (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · sv klicka (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · uk дійти́ (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · uk кла́цнути (intransitive: emit a click) · ms mengklik (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ta சொடுக்கு (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · eo klaketi (intransitive: emit a click) · fi klikata (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · pl klikać (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ru щёлкнуть (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · fi naksahtaa (intransitive: emit a click) · mk кликнува (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · ca clicar (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · es clicar (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · hu rákattint (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · mk кликнува (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · hy սեղմել (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · fi napsahtaa (intransitive: emit a click) · is smella (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · sv falla på plats (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · mi ngetengete (intransitive: emit a click) · nrf clyiquer (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ka აწკაპუნებს (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · gd cnag (transitive: operate so as to make click) · tr tıklamak (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · da klikke (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · ca fer clic (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ru кли́кать (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · sv klicka (intransitive: emit a click) · io kliktar (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ru нажать (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · is smella saman (intransitive: get on well at a first meeting) · vi tâm đầu ý hiệp (intransitive: get on well at a first meeting) · cs cvaknout (intransitive: emit a click) · gd cliog (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · sco sneck (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · ru кли́кнуть (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · fi napsauttaa (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · pt estalar (transitive: operate so as to make click) · mk клика (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · it cliccare (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · he הקליק (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · bg кликвам (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · cs klepnout (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · kmr pêlê kirin (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · ca fer clic (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · uk клі́кати (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · ru щёлкнуть (intransitive: emit a click) · vi nhấn chuột (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · cs kliknout (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · is smella (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · mk светнува (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · gl premer (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · da venstreklikke (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · es coincidir (intransitive: get on well at a first meeting) · mi whakatokara (intransitive: emit a click) · hu kattan (intransitive: emit a click) · uk кла́цнути (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · ru щёлкать (intransitive: emit a click) · cs kliknout (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · uk кла́цати (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · vi kích (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · hu bejön (egymásnak) (intransitive: get on well at a first meeting) · ru щёлкать (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · io kliktar (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · fi näpäyttää (transitive: press and release (button on a mouse)) · mk клика (intransitive: emit a click) · es caerle la ficha (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · as ক্লিক কৰা (transitive: operate so as to make click) · ru щёлкнуть (transitive: operate so as to make click) · mk кликнува (intransitive: emit a click) · de anklicken (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse) · bg щраквам (transitive: operate so as to make click) · sv gå upp ett ljus (intransitive: make sense suddenly) · fr sur) cliquer (intransitive: click the left button of a mouse)
No siree, Bob, we are the only ship in three million clicks. 2015 November 23, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, “Dulcinea”, in The Expanse, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Alex Kamal (Cas Anvar):
From Middle English cleken, a variant of clechen (“to grab”), perhaps from Old English *clēċan, *clǣċan, a byform of clyċċan (“to clutch”). More at clutch.
From Middle English cleken, a variant of clechen (“to grab”), perhaps from Old English *clēċan, *clǣċan, a byform of clyċċan (“to clutch”). More at clutch.
Meanings
(obsolete) To snatch.
‘I take 'em to prevent abuses,’ Cants he, and then the Crucifix And Chalice from the Altar clicks. 1716, Thomas Ward, England's Reformation: