“click” – English explanatory dictionary

noun 1. a short sharp sound ○ She heard a click and saw the doorknob turn. 2. the act of pressing a key on a computer keyboard or a mouse button ■ verb 1. to make a short sharp sound ○ The cameras clicked as she came out of the church. ○ He clicked his fingers to attract the waiter’s attention. 2. to become clear and easily understood □ suddenly everything clicked suddenly it all became clear 3. to quickly press the button on a mouse to start a computer function ○ The pull-down menu is displayed by clicking on the menu bar at the top of the screen. ○ Click twice to start the program.

a knock or blow. CLICK-HANDED, left-handed.—_Cornish._ A term
in Cumberland and Westmoreland wrestling for a peculiar kind of throw,
as “an inside CLICK,” or “an outside CLICK.”

to snatch, to pull away something that belongs to another.

(klik), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clicked (klikt); p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking.] [Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique.] To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. “The varnished clock that clicked behind the door.
Goldsmith.”

v. t. 1. To move with the sound of a click. “She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash.
Thackeray.”
2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. “[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs.
Ben Jonson.” “When merry milkmaids click the latch.
Tennyson.”