clicking

6 definitions • 14 examples

present participle of

to carry out a computer operation by pressing a button on the mouse or keyboard:

click on If you want to open a file, click twice on the icon for it.

When you have selected the file you want, click the "Open" box.

to make a short, sharp sound, or to make something do this:

The door clicked shut behind her.

Can you hear that strange clicking noise?

click your fingers UK Paul clicked his fingers (= moved his thumb against his middle finger to make a short sharp sound) to attract the waiter's attention.

click your heels Soldiers click their heels (= bring them sharply together) when they stand to attention.

to like and understand someone, especially the first time you meet:

click with He didn't really click with his new boss.

Liz and I really clicked the first time we met.

I met her at school and we just clicked.

to be liked by someone:

click with The new daytime soap opera has yet to show signs that it's clicking with the television audience.

to be understood, or become clear suddenly:

Suddenly everything clicked and I realized where I'd met him.

[ + question word ] As he talked about his schooldays, it suddenly clicked where I had met him before.

[ + that ] So it's finally clicked that you're going to have to get yourself a job, has it?

click into place In the last act of the play, everything clicks into place.