"clicking" meaning in English

See clicking in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈklɪkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-clicking.wav [US] Forms: clickings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{en-noun}} clicking (plural clickings)
  1. The sound or action of a click. Derived forms: finger-clicking Translations (sound or action of a click): klakado (ongoing) (Esperanto)
    Sense id: en-clicking-en-noun-p9RryiGh Categories (other): Sounds Disambiguation of Sounds: 61 39

Verb

IPA: /ˈklɪkɪŋ/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-clicking.wav [US]
Rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} clicking
  1. present participle and gerund of click Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: click Derived forms: autoclicking, double-clicking
    Sense id: en-clicking-en-verb-RlDEsxwn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 84 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 89 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 12 88

Inflected forms

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