click

1. (noun) depression of a button on a computer mouse: "a click on the right button for example"
Synonyms: mouse click
Related Words: depression

2. (verb) become clear suddenly; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"
Synonyms: come home, dawn, fall into place, get across, get through, penetrate, sink in

3. (verb) produce a click; "Xhosa speakers click"
Related Words: articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say

4. (verb) make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away"
Synonyms: tick
Related Words: go, sound

5. (verb) make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
Synonyms: clack, cluck
Related Words: emit, let loose, let out, utter

6. (verb) cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers
Synonyms: flick, snap
Related Words: move

7. (verb) move or strike with a click; "then the brightness as he clicked on the light."
Synonyms: snap
Related Words: move

8. (verb) click repeatedly or uncontrollably, as of teeth
Synonyms: chatter
Related Words: go, sound

9. (noun) a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
Synonyms: suction stop
Related Words: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant

10. (noun) a short light metallic sound
Synonyms: chink, clink
Related Words: sound

11. (noun) a hinged device that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
Synonyms: detent, dog, pawl
Related Words: catch, stop



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