"click" meaning in English

See click in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /'klɪk/ Audio: en-uk-click.ogg [UK] Forms: click [singular], clicks [plural]
enPR: klĭk Head templates: {{noun}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Click is the act of operating a switch so that it clicks.
    Sense id: simple-click-en-noun-J4Mo~bG-

Verb

IPA: /'klɪk/ Audio: en-uk-click.ogg [UK] Forms: click [canonical], clicks [third-person, singular], clicked [past], clicked [past, participle], clicking [present, participle]
enPR: klĭk Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you click on something, you use a computer mouse and push a button.
    Sense id: simple-click-en-verb-O8MCSbyZ
  2. If you click on a website, you visit that website.
    Sense id: simple-click-en-verb-uUjD4xAF
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