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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, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand.
* 1922 , (Virginia Woolf), (w, Jacob's Room) Chapter 1
(phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
Sound made by a dolphin.
The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks.
The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-21, author=(Oliver Burkeman)
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, title= To cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
* Ben Jonson
* Thackeray
* Tennyson
(direct and indirect) To press and release (a button on a computer mouse).
To select a software item using, usually, but not always, the pressing of a mouse button.
(advertising) To visit a web site.
To emit a click.
To click the left button of a computer mouse while pointing.
To make sense suddenly.
To get on well.
(dated) To tick.
* Goldsmith
A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
(UK, dialect) The latch of a door.
(obsolete) To snatch.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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, title= Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun click
is 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, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand or click can be or click can be a detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion or click can be (us).As a verb click
is to cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click or click can be (obsolete) to snatch or click can be (us).As an interjection click
is the sound of a click.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.click
English
(wikipedia click)Etymology 1
Imitative of the "click" sound; first recorded in the 1500s.Noun
(en noun)- There was a click in the front sitting-room. Mr. Pearce had extinguished the lamp.
The tao of tech, passage=The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about:
Verb
(en verb)- [Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs.
- She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash.
- when merry milkmaids click the latch
- Visit a location, call, or click www.example.com
- He bent his fingers back until the joints clicked .
- Click here to go to the next page.
- Then it clicked - I had been going the wrong way all that time.
- When we met at the party, we just clicked and we’ve been best friends ever since.
- The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
Derived terms
* click one's fingers * double-click * point-and-click * right-clickSee also
* ejective * tsk, tsk tskEtymology 2
Etymology 3
Compare (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)Etymology 4
(etyl) kleken? clichen? Compare clutch.Verb
(en verb)- (Halliwell)
Etymology 5
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English
Adjective
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