"clicky" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈklɪki/ Forms: clickier [comparative], clickiest [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree English click Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English clicky From click + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|click|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English click Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English clicky [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "clicky", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="clicky"> From click + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} clicky (comparative clickier, superlative clickiest)
  1. Easily or frequently clicking or being clicked.
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  2. Emitting a click sound.
    Sense id: en-clicky-en-adj-egtVi-nt Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 51 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 46 54
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clickily, clickiness

Inflected forms

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