CLICKS

Definition

1. A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock or a latch, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.
   “I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened;  a click of one’s fingers”
2. An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
3. Sound made by a dolphin.
4. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
5. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

1. To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
2. To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
3. To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
4. To visit a web site.
   “Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com.”
5. To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
   “From the home page, click through to the Products section.”

1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
2. The latch of a door.

1. To snatch.

1. A kilometer.
2. (usually in the plural) Kilometres per hour.

Source: Wiktionary

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