click

1. 1.

   a short light metallic sound

   Synonymschinkclink

   Broadersound
2. 2.

   a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)

   Synonymssuction stop

   Broaderstop consonant
3. 3.

   a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

   Synonymspawldetentdog

   Broadercatch

   Part ofratchet
4. 4.

   depression of a button on a computer mouse

   “a click on the right button for example”

   Synonymsmouse click

   Broaderdepression

Other forms of click

plural

clicks·

past tense

clicked·

present participle

clicking·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about click

What does click mean?

click means "move or strike with a noise". That is the primary sense; the word has 11 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in click?

click has 1 syllable: click. In IPA it is /ˈklɪk/.

What is another word for click?

Close synonyms include snap, tick, chatter, snap, flick. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is click a common word?

click is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with click?

1 word rhymes with click. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.