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klikken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • click noun A short, sharp sound, like that made by a switch, latch, or a mouse button.
  • tattle verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.

Senses

klikken is used for these senses in English:

  • click (GUI) The act of pressing a button on a computer mouse or similar input device, both as a physical act and a reaction in the software.
  • tattle (intransitive, Canada, US, pejorative) Often said of children: to report incriminating information about another person, or a person's wrongdoing in an annoying fashion, usually to a person in a position of authority over the accused person; to tell on somebody. [from late 15th c.]
  • tell on (usually childish) To inform on, to rat out; to tell a person in authority that someone else has done something wrong.

click — full definition

  1. noun A short, sharp sound, like that made by a switch, latch, or a mouse button.
  2. verb To press and release a button on a computer mouse, or to select something on a screen this way.
  3. verb To suddenly make sense or become clear.
  4. verb To get along well with someone right away.

tattle — full definition

  1. verb To gossip or chatter, especially about other people's business.
  2. verb (especially of children) To report someone else's misbehaviour to an adult or authority figure.
  3. noun Idle gossip, or a piece of tale-telling about someone's wrongdoing.

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