click

¹click

verb \ˈklik\

Definition of CLICK

transitive verb

1

: to strike, move, or produce with a click <clicked his heels together>

2

: to select especially in a computer interface by pressing a button on a control device (as a mouse)

intransitive verb

1

: to make a click

2

a : to fit or agree exactly b : to fit together : hit it off <they did not click as friends> c : to function smoothly d : succeed <a movie that clicks>

3

: to select something by clicking —often used with on <click on the icon>

— click·able \ˈkli-kə-bəl\ adjective

Examples of CLICK

1. He clicked his heels together and saluted the officer.
2. Her heels clicked on the marble floor.
3. Press the door until you hear the latch click.
4. To open the program, point at the icon and click the left mouse button.
5. Click here to check spelling in the document.
6. I know him fairly well, but we've never really clicked.

Origin of CLICK

probably imitative

First Known Use: 1581

Related to CLICK

Synonyms: bond, commune, relate

Antonyms: bomb, collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, founder, miss, strike out, wash out

Related Words: befriend; empathize, identify, sympathize

Near Antonyms: languish; flounder, struggle; decline, sink, skid, slip, slump, wane; crash, crater, crumble, flame out; choke, crack up, miscarry, misfire; fall down, go under; implode, self-destruct

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Rhymes with CLICK

brick, chick, crick, creek, Dick, flick, Frick, hick, kick, KWIC, lick, mick, nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Schick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, wick