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clicking
Verb
  • present participle of click
Noun
  • The sound or action of a click.
click
Noun
  • 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.
  • An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure. phonetics
  • Sound made by a dolphin.
  • The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
  • The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
    • A single instance of content on the internet being accessed. by extension
Verb
  • To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click. transitive
  • (direct and indirect) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse). transitive, computing
  • To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button. transitive, computing
  • To visit a web site. transitive, computing, advertising
  • To navigate by clicking a mouse button. intransitive, computing
  • To emit a click. intransitive
  • To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing. intransitive
  • To make sense suddenly. intransitive
  • To get on well. intransitive
  • To tick. dated, intransitive
Interjection
  • The sound of a click.
Noun
  • Alternative spelling of klick
Noun
  • A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
  • The latch of a door. Britain, dialect
Verb
  • To snatch. obsolete
Noun
  • Misspelling of clique. US
Verb
  • Misspelling of clique. US