click
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.
Noun 4 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.
“As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.”
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.
Verb 4 meanings
To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
To emit a click.
To snap one's fingers.
To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
Interjection 1 meaning
The sound of a click.
“Click! The door opened.”
Etymology
Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s.
CLICK at a glance
CLICK has 5 letters and scores 13 points in Scrabble (C 3 + L 1 + I 1 + C 3 + K 5) and 16 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,549 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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