click |klik|
noun
a short, sharp sound as of a switch being operated or of two hard objects coming quickly into contact : she heard the click of the door.
• Phonetics an ingressive consonantal stop produced by sudden withdrawal of the tongue from the soft palate, front teeth, or back teeth and hard palate, occurring in some southern African and other languages.
• Computing an act of pressing a mouse button.
verb
1 make or cause to make a short, sharp sound : [ intrans. ] the key clicked in the lock and the door opened | [ trans. ] she clicked off the light | Martha clicked her tongue | [as adj. ] ( clicking) the clicking cameras outside the church.
• [ intrans. ] move with such a sound : Louise turned on her three-inch heels and clicked away.
• [ trans. ] Computing press (a mouse button) : click the left mouse button twice.
• [ intrans. ] ( click on) Computing select (an item represented on the screen or a particular function) by pressing one of the buttons on the mouse when the cursor is over the appropriate symbol.
2 [ intrans. ] informal become suddenly clear or understandable : finally it clicked what all the fuss had been about.
• become very comfortable with someone at the first meeting : we just clicked, and I found myself falling in love.
• become successful or popular : I don't think this issue has clicked with the voters.