English Dictionary

click

/klɪk/

noun

A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.

I heard a click when I pressed the button.

意味（1）

A brief, sharp, not particularly loud, relatively high-pitched sound produced by the impact of something small and hard against something hard, such as by the operation of a switch, a lock, or a latch.

As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.

意味（2）

(Britain) The act of making a clicking sound by pressing a finger against the thumb and then releasing to strike the palm; a snap.

意味（3）

(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.

tsk is a click in English.

意味（4）

Sound made by a dolphin.

意味（5）

The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.

意味（6）

(graphical user interface) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.

意味（7）

(by extension) A single instance of content on the Internet being accessed.

The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about[…]and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. Partly, this is a result of how online advertising has traditionally worked: advertisers pay for clicks, and a click is a click, however it's obtained.

意味（8）

A pawl or similar catch.

A wheel, with teeth in which a click or pawl engages to prevent backward motion; or the same with addition of another click through which power is imparted at intervals to move the wheel.