I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
double click
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
on
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The light clicked on and suddenly everything was white and horribly bright.
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How about light switches that clicked on loudly enough to be heard down the hall?
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Click on Define, which opens up a fuller version of the Style box, and then click on Merge.
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Select Folder from the lengthy list that appears and then click on Edit.
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There are various hot spots within that you can click on to get clips and a 360-degree look at each room.
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Step 10 Click on Find Next.
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If clicking on the link starts your player, from the mouse menu.
■ NOUN
button
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You can set which details are shown by clicking the Options button .
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The user can click on a button to switch between the different languages.
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Instead I would just like to be able to click a single button which means assigning a macro to an appropriate icon.
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She clicked on the button to turn over the second card, and the second card was Death.
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This should become clearer if you run the project, click the button and study the output carefully.
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Users just have to click an on-screen button to encrypt an outgoing message.
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To place a call, type one of the following into the Address bar: Then click the Place Call button .
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To go back to a page you previously visited, click the Back button until you find it.
door
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When the door clicked he walked right through to the back, past two secretaries who did not even look up.
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As the door clicked shut, Chucha opened one eye, then closed it.
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At last Fitzosbert stopped at one cell door and clicked his fingers.
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She was snapped out of her reverie as the door clicked shut and the secretary left them alone again.
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Jamie answered on her first buzz, and the door clicked open for her.
finger
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Then he turned and clicked his fingers .
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He clicked his fingers for Nosey to follow him, then rode northwards in the dusk.
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At last Fitzosbert stopped at one cell door and clicked his fingers .
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His face set, he raised a hand and clicked his fingers .
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He clicked his fingers and the Zippo came alive in his hand.
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Expected to jump to it just because you click your fingers !
heel
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Louise turned on her three-inch heels and clicked away.
icon
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The latter is accomplished by clicking on a speaker icon at the top of the screen.
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The single is not out until March 19 but you can see the video right now by clicking the icon above.
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They just open their mail and click on the icon to open the file.
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To print a schedule for any number of days, just click on the printer icon .
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That allows the recipient to visit the site by clicking on the icon instead of typing a lengthy address.
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Instead of typing a word to start a program, you clicked on an icon .
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Open the window for the disk by clicking on the icon inside My Computer.
link
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When you click on the link , Netscape or Internet Explorer will open a newsreader in a separate window.
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Then I clicked on another link , which created a new directory called HaHaHa on my hard disk.
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You can tune in to the saucy encounter by clicking on the video links in the top of our highlights bar.
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I can click on a link and get real-time video from a computer half way around the world.
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If it suits, click on the link to visit the site.
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You click on the link to go there.
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In practice it works a bit like flicking through a huge magazine by clicking on links with your mouse.
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If clicking on the link starts your player, from the mouse menu.
mouse
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The mouse allows you to click the notes into position on the stave and saves a lot of keying time.
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Use your trusty right mouse button to click on it, which will bring up a properties sheet.
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Thousands of kids have used the computer mouse to click on objects on the computer screen and watch them move.
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Sodom and Gomorrah only a mouse click away.
place
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But once all the children had a more settled routine at night, it clicked into place .
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Whatever the case, all the performances clicked into place as the actors relaxed and found their comic footing.
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The end twist clicks into place in a satisfying, if slightly predictable, way.
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To place a call, type one of the following into the Address bar: Then click the Place Call button.
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He caught it just before it clicked back in place .
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The lock clicked sharply into place .
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For a few silent moments this doesn't click into place .
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Before I untucked the receiver from my chin, I heard the sound of another phone clicking into place .
tongue
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The clock clicks its tongue ... trial and error.
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Kha Yang clicked his tongue then.
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He clicked his tongue , the cob plodded resolutely forward and so did I. And it was easy!
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Young women came and joined in, everyone popping fingers on cheeks and clicking tongues .
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I sigh and click my tongue at these, of course.
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There was a human quality, too, to the noise, as if several women were clicking their tongues at great speed.
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Church speculated with a long-range squirt, clicking his tongue in self-reproach as he did.
■ VERB
hear
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This time, Melanie heard an odd, clicking noise and shifted again, to see what it was.
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He said he thought he had heard her clicking for help.
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You don't find out that the gun's not loaded until after you've heard the trigger click .
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I heard the fan clicking and the bubbling of the hot-water kettle in the silence of the hall.
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We carried on chatting, but I could hear him clicking on his computer.
point
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The navigation techniques in Encarta are interactive, with more pointing and clicking and less typing.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
click your tongue
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Church speculated with a long-range squirt, clicking his tongue in self-reproach as he did.
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He clicked his tongue , the cob plodded resolutely forward and so did I. And it was easy!
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I sigh and click my tongue at these, of course.
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Kha Yang clicked his tongue then.
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The clock clicks its tongue ... trial and error.
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There was a human quality, too, to the noise, as if several women were clicking their tongues at great speed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Both men smiled as the cameras clicked.
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Everything clicked for the team all season long.
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I had a lot of trouble with algebra, but the teacher was patient and one day it just clicked.
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I never really clicked with my boss, and it made work a little more difficult.
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Just keep working at it, and suddenly it will all click .
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We just clicked from the moment we started working together.
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We just clicked, and we've been friends ever since.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He clicked his tongue, the cob plodded resolutely forward and so did I. And it was easy!
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I stuck it out the window, pointed it at the garage, and clicked it.
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She was a wind-up putting-away doll, clicking through its programmed movements.
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So you click to the next channel.
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Sort of Twin Peaks meets Gertrude Stein, and somehow everything clicks.
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To schedule an event, click on one of the icons and drag it to the schedule.
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When you click on the link, Netscape or Internet Explorer will open a newsreader in a separate window.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
double
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If you double click on one of the font names a sample is displayed on the screen.
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To change options double click on the text window or click on the underscored arrow button.
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It's better to assign an icon to the program, so it can be run with a double click .
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DoubleClickSpeed: Longest time allowed between two mouse clicks for them still to be counted as a double click.
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Alternatively double click anywhere on the desktop to evoke the TaskManager and select the 1-2-3 task and click on the terminate button.
right
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Open it, right click inside the directory listing and choose New, Shortcut.
■ NOUN
mouse
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A single mouse click would simply highlight the item.
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Modify your computer so menus and desktop put your stationery, programs and favorite Web destination a mouse click away.
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Anyone can access a large number of atomic databases on the Internet with a mouse click .
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That will cost you 10 minutes and umpteen keystrokes and mouse clicks .
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Move back to the Program Manager, highlight the Legato icon with a single mouse click , and press the Delete key.
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A mouse click on a menu item would do it.
■ VERB
hear
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She heard the click of the gate; then nothing, except the crickets rubbing their back legs together in the grass.
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He hears the click of the caller hanging up.
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She turned her head as she heard the kitchen door click .
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David Ferrie made a face when he heard the click in his left ear.
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He heard a click and stepped back quickly as the bolt thudded into the wall of the derelict house behind him.
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As Ramsay reached it, he could hear the draw-bar within click into place.
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Nobody moved until they heard the click of Snells' front gate.
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As I stepped down the steep treads I heard the too loud click of shoe leather on metal.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I heard a click , and the phone went dead.
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They live about five clicks out of town.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A single mouse click would simply highlight the item.
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An informed, caring community is a computer click away.
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In came a previously undisclosed audiotape of a police interview with Butch Yunkin full of gaps, clicks and curious pauses.
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It lies in a shallow valley a couple of clicks north of Redondo.
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With each click , the new channel and the program are identified at the bottom of the screen.