click
/klɪk/ verb A2- To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
- To emit a click.
- To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
- To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
- To visit (a website). · Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com.
- To navigate by clicking a mouse button. · I soon grew bored and clicked away from the site.· From the home page, click through to the Products section.
- To make sense suddenly. · Then it clicked—I had been going the wrong way all that time.
- To get along well. · When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.
He/she/it clicks · Past clicked · Past participle clicked · -ing form clicking
Verb forms
- Base form
- click
- He/she/it
- clicks
- Past
- clicked
- Past participle
- clicked
- -ing form
- clicking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
“Hist!” cried Holmes, and I heard the sharp click of a cocking pistol.
At that instant there was a sharp click, the jangling of metal, and Sherlock Holmes sprang to his feet again.
There was an inrush of police, the handcuffs clicked and the criminals were led to the waiting cab.
Then from the pocket of his overcoat he drew a bulky object, and he busied himself in some task which ended with a loud, sharp click, as if a spring or bolt had fallen into its place.
Other matches
- click A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relative... B1
- click A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which ... C2
- click A kind of throw. C2
- click The sound of a click. C2
- click A small, exclusive group of individuals, usuall... C2
- click To form a clique C2
- click off To tick off on a list.
- click through To click on a link in order to move to another ...
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