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click(4)(dictionary)
click(3)(dictionary)
click(2)(dictionary)
click(1)(dictionary)
click-through(dictionary)
right-click(dictionary)
Click(medicine)
click(encyclopedia)
click 2, noun(dictionary)

click(4) (iou)



click verb1. L16.
[Imit.: cf. CLICK noun1.]
verb trans. & intrans. (Cause to) make a slight sharp concussive sound; move with such a click; operate (a camera etc.) with a click. L16.
D. H. Lawrence She heard a latch click. E. Bowen She..clicked open her bag. G. Orwell The cage door had clicked shut. J. Kosinski The soldiers clicked their heels. B. Hines Clicking his tongue on the roof of his mouth.
b. verb intrans. Of a horse: overreach and make a click by the touching of fore and hind shoes. E18.
c. verb trans. & intrans. Computing. Press (one of the buttons on a mouse); select (an item on a screen, in a menu, etc.) by pressing a mouse button when the cursor is over the appropriate symbol. L20.
verb intrans. fig.
a. Be successful; secure one's object; be understood; become instantly friendly, strike up a rapport. (Foll. by with.) slang. E20.
C. Lambert Attractive girls with whom he ultimately and triumphantly 'clicks'. D. Cusack We don't seem to click.
b. Be chosen for, come in for. Military slang. E20.
c. Become pregnant. colloq. M20.
d. Fall into context; begin to revive a memory. colloq. M20.
A. Burgess Then the name clicked, because somebody in the town had talked about Everett.
clickable adjective L20.