Dictionary Entry
click
click is a 5-letter English word with 19 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 19 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
- 2transitive verb
To move with the sound of a click.
- 3transitive verb
To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.
- 4noun
A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.
- 5noun
A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.
- 6transitive verb
To snatch.
- 7noun
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.
- 8noun
The latch of a door.
- 9noun
depression of a button on a computer mouse
"a click on the right button for example"
- 10noun
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
- 11noun
a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
- 12noun
a short light metallic sound
- 13verb
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
"It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"
"she was penetrated with sorrow"
- 14verb
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
- 15verb
produce a click
"Xhosa speakers click"
- 16verb
cause to make a snapping sound
"snap your fingers"
- 17verb
move or strike with a noise
"he clicked on the light"
"his arm was snapped forward"
Synonyms
- 18verb
make a clicking or ticking sound
"The clock ticked away"
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- 19verb
click repeatedly or uncontrollably
"Chattering teeth"
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