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# click

«click» in Mova's school dictionary: **a short, sharp sound, like a door shutting or fingers…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a click, clicks); verb (click, clicks, clicked, clicking)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A click is a short, sharp sound, like a door shutting or fingers snapping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#m1)

2) To click on something on a computer is to press the mouse button or tap to choose it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#m2)

3) To click is to make a short sharp sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#m3)

4) If something clicks, you suddenly understand it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#m4)

5) If two people click, they like each other quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In computing and online safety, think before you click: don't click on strange links, pop-ups or adverts, and ask an adult. In everyday life, a seatbelt clicks when it is fastened safely. In stories, a click can be a quiet warning sound. Phrases: click on, double-click, click your fingers, click into place, it clicked.

### examples

- Click on the picture to make it bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#x1)
- I heard a click as the door locked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#x2)
- Make sure your seatbelt clicks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#x3)
- Don't click on links from strangers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#x4)
- Suddenly the maths clicked and I understood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#x5)
- The two girls clicked straight away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#x6)
- Double-click the icon to open the game. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#x7)
- But the bullocks only clicked their horns together and went on chewing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/#x8)

### note

Do not confuse click with "clique" (a small closed group of friends); they sound alike. "Click on" and "click" are both used for computers. In maths, "a click" is not a unit; but in problems about clocks, each click of a dial can stand for one step.

### In the corpora

- [Stop before you click or share.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/1/)
- [Some websites use AI to make fake news quickly to get clicks, sometimes with made-up quotes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/15/)
- [Since 1958 LEGO bricks have used the same stud-and-tube fit, so very old bricks still click onto new ones.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/7/)
- [Sperm whales hunt squid more than a kilometre down in total darkness with clicks that are among the loudest sounds any animal makes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/230-echolocation-in-the-sea-and-in-people-dolphins-whales-swiftlets-and-clicking-humans/6/)
- [They have one blowhole, and most find their food by sending out clicks and listening for the echoes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/313-whales-by-kind-the-toothed-whales-sperm-whale-orca-beluga-and-beaked-whales/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «click» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/click/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.