clicks

1. 1
   noun

   Plural of click.

   The camera shutter produced a rapid series of clicks during the shoot.

   A few quick clicks of the pen betrayed his nervousness during the meeting.

   Note

   A form that shares its spelling with the present-tense verb, so context decides between a counted thing (two clicks) and an action (she clicks). As a noun it counts separate events, such as shutter sounds, latch snaps or presses of a mouse button. In phonetics it names a class of speech sounds, ingressive consonants made with a velar or uvular closure. In British usage it can also count finger snaps.

2. 2
   verb

   Third-person singular simple present of click.

   She clicks the link and waits for the report to load.

   The seatbelt clicks into place with a satisfying snap.

   Note

   Agreement with a singular subject drives this form, and the verb works in two directions. It is intransitive when the thing itself makes the sound (the lock clicks) and transitive when someone operates a switch or selects an item on screen (she clicks the icon). Used with a website as its object, it stretches to mean simply visiting the site. In British usage it can also describe snapping one's fingers.

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