 click |
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| 1. | [ verb ] move or strike with a click | |
| Synonyms: | snap | |
| Examples: | "then the brightness as he clicked on the light." |
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| Related terms: | move chink | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a short light metallic sound | |
| Synonyms: | clink chink | |
| Related terms: | sound snap tinkle clink | |
| 3. | [ verb ] make a clicking or ticking sound | |
| Synonyms: | tick | |
| Examples: | "The clock ticked away" |
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| Related terms: | go tick | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers | |
| Synonyms: | snap flick | |
| Related terms: | move snap | |
| 5. | [ verb ] become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions | |
| Synonyms: | sink_in dawn get_across come_home penetrate fall_into_place get_through | |
| Examples: | "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him" "she was penetrated with sorrow" |
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| Related terms: | understand | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward | |
| Synonyms: | detent dog pawl | |
| Related terms: | catch ratchet | |
| 7. | [ verb ] make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens | |
| Synonyms: | cluck clack | |
| Related terms: | utter clack | |
| 8. | [ verb ] (linguistics) produce a click | |
| Examples: | "Xhosa speakers click" |
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| Related terms: | pronounce suction_stop | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (linguistics,phonetics) a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu) | |
| Synonyms: | suction_stop | |
| Related terms: | stop_consonant | |
| 10. | [ verb ] click repeatedly or uncontrollably, as of teeth | |
| Synonyms: | chatter | |
| Related terms: | go | |
| 11. | [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 4253 | |
| 12. | [ noun ] (computer science) depression of a button on a computer mouse | |
| Synonyms: | mouse_click | |
| Examples: | : "a click on the right button for example" |
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| Related terms: | depression snap | |
| Similar spelling: |
cluck clock clack clocks cloak Cleek colicky Clukey cloche clichy cliche clx Clausi |
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