klick
noun
Meaning
- A kilometer.
- (usually in the plural) Kilometres per hour.
- 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.
- 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, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
- A pawl or similar catch.
- A detent, pawl, or ratchet, such as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion.
- The latch of a door.
- A kilometer.
- (usually in the plural) Kilometres per hour.
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