## Meanings
1. To press a button on a computer mouse, or to make a short sharp sound.
2. The act of pressing a mouse button, or a short sharp sound.
3. To suddenly become clear or be understood.

## Examples
- Click the link to open the website.
- As I turned the key, the lock gave a click.
- After thinking for hours, the solution clicked.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: cleken
- Root: *clēċan

## Etymology
From Middle English cleken, a variant of clechen (“to grab”), perhaps from Old English *clēċan, *clǣċan, a byform of clyċċan (“to clutch”). More at clutch.

## AI Etymology
click is a verb and noun. It is from Middle English cleken, a variant of clechen (“to grab”), perhaps from Old English *clēċan, *clǣċan, a byform of clyċċan (“to clutch”). More at clutch. Historical forms in the chain include cleken (Middle English) and *clēċan (Old English). Current senses include to press a button on a computer mouse, or to make a short sharp sound, the act of pressing a mouse button, or a short sharp sound, and to suddenly become clear or be understood.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Actions & Processes

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