CLICKED

Definition: CLICKED

CLICKED

Imperative & past participle

1. Of Click

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "CLICKED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

Synonyms: CLICKED

Synonyms by domain: bolt (mechanical engineering), catch (mechanical engineering), click (electrical engineering, post & telecom), clicking (post & telecom), latch (mechanical engineering), pawl (mechanical engineering), pin (mechanical engineering), pop (electrical engineering), rack element (mechanical engineering), ratchet (mechanical engineering).

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Crosswords: CLICKED

English words defined with "CLICKED": click, click off, click open ♦ snap. (references)

Specialty definitions using "CLICKED": context-sensitive menu ♦ external link ♦ image map, ISMAP ♦ scroll bar ♦ tool bar. (references)

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Modern Usage: CLICKED

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	He talked of life, talked of life, he laughed, clicked his heels a step (Mr. Bojangles; performing artist: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: CLICKED


"Boy using sink" by Dino Gracio Commentary: "Clicked 32 years ago, in little brazilian city."	"Canadian Geese" by James Stephen Windsor Commentary: "This photograph of Canadian Geese particularly surprised me, as I never actually thought I was that close to the birds. My main aim was to get the birds jumping into the water, but I clicked too quick, and was left with one in launch [blurred back] and on"
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Use in Literature: CLICKED

Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	Then the motor roared up and the gears clicked and the great red truck rolled heavily away
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: CLICKED

"CLICKED" is generally used as a lexical verb (past tense) -- approximately 92.12% of the time. "CLICKED" is used about 241 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (past tense)	92.12%	222	20,237
Lexical Verb (past participle)	7.88%	19	80,337
Total	100.00%	241	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: CLICKED

Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "CLICKED": click-clicked.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CLICKED

Language		Translations for "CLICKED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		点击 (Click, Clicking). (various references)

German		zugeschnappt. (various references)

Korean		누르는 (Pressed). (various references)

Pig Latin		ickedclay.(various references)

Swedish		klickad. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: CLICKED

Misspellings
	"CLICKED" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clackety, Clicket, clickety, Clicki, glickum, Kliskey. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "CLICKED"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "CLICKED" (pronounced kli"kt)
4	-l i" k t	afflict, inflict, Licht, licked, slicked.
3	-i" k t	addict, constrict, contradict, depict, evict, handpicked, kicked, nicked, picked, predict, pricked, restrict, strict, ticked, tricked.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: CLICKED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-i-k-l"
	-1 letter: licked.
	-2 letters: click, liked.
	-3 letters: cedi, ceil, deck, deil, deli, dice, dick, diel, dike, iced, idle, lice, lick, lied, like.
	-4 letters: cel, del, die, eld, elk, ice, ick, ilk, kid, led, lei, lek, lid, lie.
	-5 letters: de, ed, el, id, li.
	Words containing the letters "c-c-d-e-i-k-l"
	+3 letters: candlewick, cockbilled, cocktailed, dickcissel.
	+4 letters: candlestick, candlewicks, cinderblock, cuckoldries, dickcissels, placekicked.
	+5 letters: candlesticks, cinderblocks, lockstitched.
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