Betekenis van click In het Nederlands

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

  • 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.

• 1 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?

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

• 3 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?

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

• 4 a short, sharp sound:

  • The soldier gave a click of his heels as he saluted.

  • Clicks are found in several southern African languages.

• 5 the act of pressing a button on the mouse (= small control device) of a computer to operate it

  • All reference materials are just a click away in the computer databases.

• 6 a short sound made when when one object hits or is fastened to another:

  • You’ll know your seat belt is fastened properly when you hear a click.

• 7 to become friendly or be successful:

  • Liz and I really clicked, from the first time we met.

  • The show never really clicked.

• 8 to be understood or become clear suddenly:

  • Something clicked, and I remembered where I’d seen her before.

• 9 to make a short sound when one object hits or is fastened to another:

  • [ I ] As the door clicked shut behind her, she realized she’d forgotten her key.

• 10 to choose something on a computer screen, or make the computer do something, by pressing a button on the mouse (= small object for controlling a computer):

  • click on sth If you want to open a file, click on the filename.

  • When you have selected the image you want, click 'View'.

• 11 the action of pressing a button on a computer mouse:

  • On the web, cheaper prices are only one click away.

  • In this technological age, trading can take place more cheaply and faster at the click of a mouse.