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      click
      noun
      (graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
      The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
      (by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.
      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.
      (British) The act of snapping one's fingers.
      The sound made by a dolphin.
      A limb contortion at the joint, part of vogue dancing.
      A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
      (UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
      (wrestling) A kind of throw.
      (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
      A pawl or similar catch.
      (music, informal) A click track.
      A ghost town in Llano County, Texas, United States, named after settler Malachi Click.
      A surname.
      Alternative spelling of klick (“kilometers; kilometers per hour”). [(military slang) A kilometer.]
      (US) Misspelling of clique. [A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.]
      (UK, slang, obsolete) A knock or blow.
      verb
      (transitive) To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
      (computing) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
      (transitive, computing, advertising) To visit (a website).
      (intransitive) To emit a click.
      (intransitive) To make sense suddenly.
      (intransitive) To get along well.
      (intransitive, India) To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
      (intransitive, India) Of a film, to be successful at the box office.
      (transitive, India) To take (a photograph) with a camera.
      (transitive, graphical user interface) To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
      (intransitive, graphical user interface) To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
      (British) To snap one's fingers.
      (US) Misspelling of clique. [(intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.]
      (dated, intransitive) To tick.
      (obsolete) To snatch.
      Synonyms for click
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      Words related to click
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