click
/klɪk/ verb C2- To form a clique (“small, exclusive group of individuals, usually having some common characteristic”; noun sense 1); to associate with others in a clannish way.
- To act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot, to scheme.
Verb forms
- Base form
- click
- He/she/it
- clicks
- Past
- clicked
- Past participle
- clicked
- -ing form
- clicking
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
At that instant there was a sharp click, the jangling of metal, and Sherlock Holmes sprang to his feet again.
Still kneeling upon the floor he bent forward and threw all his weight and strength upon some lever, with the result that there came a long, whirling, grinding noise, ending once more in a powerful click.
“Hist!” cried Holmes, and I heard the sharp click of a cocking pistol.
We heard the servant pass along the hall, and the sharp click of the latch as she opened it.
Other matches
- click To cause to make a click A2
- 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 off To tick off on a list.
- click through To click on a link in order to move to another ...
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