Word Finder - click

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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.

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I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened;  a click of one’s fingers

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An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.

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Sound made by a dolphin.

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The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.

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The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

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A pawl or similar catch.

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To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.

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To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).

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To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.

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To visit a web site.

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Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com.

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To navigate by clicking a mouse button.

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From the home page, click through to the Products section.

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To emit a click.

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He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked.

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To make sense suddenly.

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Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.

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To get on well.

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When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.

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To tick.

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To take (a photograph) with a camera.

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The sound of a click.

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Click! The door opened.