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click
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- pronunciation:
- klIk
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
A click is a quick, sharp sound. When you turn on a light, sometimes you hear a click. Usually when you open or close a lock, there is the sound of a click.
I heard the click when my sister turned off her light.
- similar words:
- crack, pop, snap, tap, tick
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| definition 2: |
When you use a computer, a click is the action of pressing and releasing the button on a mouse.
It takes two clicks to open the document. |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
clicks, clicking, clicked |
| definition 1: |
When something clicks, it makes a small, sharp sound.
My mom's shoes click when she's wearing the ones with high heels.- similar words:
- clap, crack, pop, snap, tick
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| definition 2: |
When you click using a computer, you press a button on your computer mouse and it makes the sound of a click. When you click like this with a mouse, it lets you choose something on your computer screen and makes that thing do something you want.
Sometimes when you click on a photo on your computer, the photo gets bigger.
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| derivation: |
clicker (n.) |
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