Thesaurus: click

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1. v. i. To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
2. v. t. To move with the sound of a click.
3. v. t. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
4. n. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
5. n. A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.
6. v. t. To snatch.
7. n. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
8. n. The latch of a door.
9. n. a short light metallic sound
10. n. a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
11. n. a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
12. n. depression of a button on a computer mouse