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After I click, I always have to jiggle the mouse before the click is actually written to the file; if the cursor doesn't move, the script won't work.

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  1. noun A brief, sharp sound: the click of a door latch.
  2. noun A mechanical device, such as a pawl, that snaps into position.
  3. noun Computer Science An instance of pressing down and releasing a button on a pointing device, such as a mouse.
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  • But where does this sound, commonly described as a click, come from? —  Ben Katchor's comics of bygone New York
  • And the thing that I liked is sort of this one-click, add-to-your-cart button -- for buying steam valves. —  Kevin Kelly on how technology evolves
  • Behind me I heard Taylor make a sudden movement Then I heard the click I froze, skin acrawl; the click was the unmistakable one of a safety being flipped off an automatic. —  Muller, Marcia - [14] Wolf in the shadows
  • Pete suggested that the click was actually the recorder being turned on. —  Garwood, Julie - Buchanan 1 - Heartbreaker
  • If you are a slot machines player, you know the feeling all too well of pulling down the arm and watching the spinning wheels as they click -- click -- click and then the ever-present —  Wager.ca
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Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

rattle ·  thud ·  snap ·  hiss ·  creak ·  hum ·  whisper ·  scrape ·  rumble ·  roar ·  bang ·  noise

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click:   clicks ·  clicked ·  clicking
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Etymologies (4)

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  1. Imitative.

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  1. Not found in Middle English; = Dutch klikken (redupl. klikklakken) = Low German klikken (later G. klicken and Old French cliquer, click, clack, clap: see clicket and cliché), click, clack, clash, = Danish klikke = Swedish klicka, miss fire: an imitative variant of clack, expressing a slighter sound.
  2. = Middle Dutch klick = Low German klik (later G. klick) = Norwegian klikk, klik, a click, = Danish klik, a miss-fire; from the verb.
  3. North. English, = cleek, cleach, variant of clutch: see cleik, clutch.
 

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