click
To cause to make a clickTo cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
» Tom heard a gun click behind him.
Meaning
14 senses(transitive)To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
klicken
щёлкатьščólkatʹ, щёлкнутьščólknutʹ, кли́катьklíkatʹ
кла́цатиklácaty, кла́цнутиklácnuty
cause to make a snapping sound
(intransitive)To emit a click.
schnalzen
щёлкатьščólkatʹ, щёлкнутьščólknutʹ
кла́цатиklácaty, кла́цнутиklácnuty
produce a click
(UK)To snap one's fingers.
To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
klicken
щёлкатьščólkatʹ, щёлкнутьščólknutʹ, кли́катьklíkatʹ
кла́цатиklácaty, кла́цнутиklácnuty, клі́катиklíkaty
(transitive)To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
(transitive)To visit (a website).
Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com.
(intransitive)To navigate by clicking a mouse button.
I soon grew bored and clicked away from the site.
From the home page, click through to the Products section.
klicken, anklicken
щёлкатьščólkatʹ, щёлкнутьščólknutʹ, кли́катьklíkatʹ
кла́цатиklácaty, кла́цнутиklácnuty, клі́катиklíkaty
(intransitive)To make sense suddenly.
Then it clicked—I had been going the wrong way all that time.
дойти́dojtí
дійти́dijtý
make a clicking or ticking sound
(intransitive)To get along well.
When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.
(dated, intransitive)To tick.
(India, transitive)To take (a photograph) with a camera.
(India, intransitive)To achieve success in one's career or a breakthrough, often the first time.
Examples
296 sentencesTom heard a gun click behind him.
If the screen doesn't change automatically, please click here.
Click here to find out more.
Click here to see the pictures.
Click OK to confirm your order.
ruНажмите «ОК», чтобы подтвердить заказ.
Translations
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Origin
Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian kliImitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s. Compare Saterland Frisian klikke (“to click”), Middle Dutch clicken (Modern Dutch: klikken (“to click”)), Old High German klecchen (Modern German: klecken, klicken (“to click”)), Danish klikke (“to click”), Swedish klicka (“to click”), Norwegian klikke (“to click”), Norwegian klekke (“to hatch”).
From Middle English cleken, a variant of clechen (“to grab”), perhaps from Old English *clēċan, *clǣċan, a byform of clyċċan (“to clutch”). More at clutch.
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Forms
clicks, clicking, clicked, clickedPhrasal verbs
3 phrasal verbsSynonyms
13 synonyms- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions:get throughdawncome homeget acrosssink inpenetratefall into place
- make a clicking or ticking sound:tick
- make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens:cluckclack
- cause to make a snapping sound:snapflick
- move or strike with a noise:snap
- click repeatedly or uncontrollably:chatter
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle