click

CEFRB1

/klɪk/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To press a computer mouse button.

  2. 02

    noun

    A short sharp sound or a press of a button.

Examples

  • Click here to add your opinion to the survey.

  • Click: Quickly pushing the mouse's left hand side button once.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [kʰl̥ɪk]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

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

  2. The act of snapping one's fingers.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. 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.

More examples

In context

  • If you enjoyed this, please give a click on the vote link!

  • As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.

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

Synonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

I heard the blank of the lock as it closed.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

Imitative 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”).