1 to make or cause sth to make a short sharp sound:
[V] The cameras clicked away. * The bolt clicked into place. * [V-ADJ] The door clicked shut. * [VN] He clicked his fingers at the waiter. * Polly clicked her tongue in annoyance. * The corporal clicked his heels. * The police officer clicked a pair of handcuffs around his wrists.
2 ~ (on sth) to choose a particular function or item on a computer screen, etc., by pressing one of the buttons on a mouse:
[VN] Click the OK button to start. * [V] I clicked on the link to the next page of the web site. * To run a window, just double-click on the icon. * Click here to add your opinion to the survey.
3 [V] (informal) to suddenly become clear or understood:
Suddenly it clicked-we'd been talking about different people. * It all clicked into place. * Pieces of the puzzle suddenly clicked together.
4 [V] (informal) to become friends with sb at once; to become popular with sb:
We met at a party and clicked immediately. * He's never really clicked with his students.
5 [V] (informal) to work well together:
The team don't seem to have clicked yet. * We have clicked well together recently.
Part of speech: noun
1 a short sharp sound:
The front door closed with a click.
2 the act of pressing the button on a computer mouse
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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This entry for click is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is click a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, click is tagged as verb.
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