meaning of click

1. To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
2. To move with the sound of a click.
3. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
4. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
5. 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. To snatch.
7. 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. The latch of a door.
9. See Elater.
10. click To press and release a button on a mouse or other pointing device. This generates an event, also specifying the screen position, which is processed by the window manager or application program. On a mouse with more than one button, the unqualified term usually implies pressing the left-most button with the right index finger, other buttons would be qualified, e. g. "right-click". Keyboard modifiers may also be used, e. g. "shift-click", meaning to hold down the shift key on the keyboard while clicking the mouse button. If the mouse moves while the button is pressed then this is a drag.
11. depression of a button on a computer mouse; "a click on the right button for ">example"

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