A 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, or a finger pressed against the thumb and then released to strike the hand. quotations ▼ I turned the key, the lock gave a click and the door opened; a click of one’s fingers (phonetics) An ingressive sound made by coarticulating a velar or uvular closure with another closure. tsk is a click sound in English Sound made by a dolphin. The act of operating a switch, etc., so that it clicks. The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software. With the right software you can program your mouse to do a double click with a single click (but that's cheating) (by extension) A single instance of content on the internet being accessed.