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click 1, verb (oh)



[I and T] to make a short hard sound, or make something produce this sound
::The door clicked shut behind me.
::Mother clicked her tongue (=made a short sound to show disapproval) and sighed.
::Edmund clicked his fingers (=made a short sound to get someone's attention) for John to follow him.
::Sergeant Vogel clicked his heels (=hit the heels of his shoes together) and bowed.
::Twist the lever and the gears click into place .
mousemat, mouse
[I and T] to press a button on a computer mouse to choose something from the screen that you want the computer to do, or to press a button on a remote control
::Choose the image you want by clicking twice.
::Programs must grab a viewer's attention in the time it takes to click a TV remote.
click on
::Children can click on a sentence to hear it read aloud.
[I] informal to suddenly understand or realize something
::It's hard work, but one day it will just click .
::I thought, 'What is he doing?' and then suddenly it all clicked into place (=I understood how all the events related to each other) .
[I] informal if two people click, they like, understand, and agree with each other
::Petra and I clicked straight away.
[I] informal to happen in a good or successful way, especially because people are working together well
::If everything clicks, we should have a good season.