click
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a short light metallic sound
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
move or strike with a noise
he clicked on the light
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- mouse click derivation
- click derivation
- cracking derivation
Sense 3 noun
a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)
Types & categories
- stop consonant hypernym
Related & opposite
- click derivation
Sense 4 verb
make a clicking or ticking sound
The clock ticked away
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward
Types & categories
- catch hypernym
Parts & wholes
- ratchet part holonym
Sense 6 verb
click repeatedly or uncontrollably
Chattering teeth
Types & categories
- sound hypernym
Sense 7 noun
depression of a button on a computer mouse
a click on the right button for example
Types & categories
- depression hypernym
Related & opposite
- click derivation
Sense 8 verb
cause to make a snapping sound
snap your fingers
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- snap derivation
- cracker bonbon derivation
- snap derivation
Sense 9 verb
produce a click
Xhosa speakers click
Types & categories
- sound out hypernym
Related & opposite
- suction stop derivation
Sense 10 verb
make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 11 verb
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
It dawned on him that she had betrayed him
Related & opposite
- understand causes
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | click |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | tick |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chink |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | clink |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | mouse click |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | click |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cracking |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | click |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stop consonant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | click |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | tick |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | ratchet |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | catch |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | click |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | depression |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | snap |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | cracker bonbon |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | snap |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | suction stop |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound out |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | clack |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | cluck |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 11 | causes | Related & opposite | understand |