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How to pronounce click
Say it like this: /ˈklɪk/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does click mean?
nounA 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
“As I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened.”
The act of snapping one's fingers.
An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure.
“tsk is a click in English.”
verbTo cause to make a click; to operate (a switch, etc) so that it makes a click.
“Dan clicked his tongue.”
To emit a click.
“Surely that picture will be fixed for ever, for I heard the cameras clicking round me like crickets in a field.”
To snap one's fingers.
intjThe sound of a click.
“Click! The door opened.”
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