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clicking

Syllables: click·ing/ˈklɪkɪŋ/

clicking noun: the sound or action of a click. Also the present participle and gerund of click.

Noun

clicking (plural clickings)

  1. The sound or action of a click.
    • Thus one pair of dolphins talking can sound like two pairs of dolphins talking, one pair exchanging clickings, the other pair exchanging whistles.2001, Bobby Matherne, The Spizznet File: An Adventure in Interspecies Communication

Also used as

clicking is also the present participle and gerund of click.

clicking meaning in Marathi, Bengali, Malayalam and Nepali

clicking in Marathi

क्लिक करत आहे

clicking in Bengali

ক্লিক করা হচ্ছে

clicking in Malayalam

ക്ലിക്കുചെയ്യുന്നു

clicking in Nepali

क्लिक गर्दै

Forms of clicking

pluralclickings

Words formed from clicking

Phrases with clicking

Words that rhyme with clicking

Questions about clicking

What does clicking mean?
Clicking means the sound or action of a click.
What is clicking in Marathi?
Clicking in Marathi is क्लिक करत आहे. See Clicking meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is clicking?
Clicking is a noun.
How do you pronounce clicking?
Clicking is pronounced /ˈklɪkɪŋ/.
What is the plural of clicking?
The plural of clicking is clickings.

Words near clicking in the dictionary

  1. clickhalers
  2. clickier
  3. clickiest
  4. clickily
  5. clickiness
  6. clicking
  7. clicking for
  8. clicking into gear
  9. clicking knife
  10. clicking knives
  11. clicking off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: clicking (page history and authors); clicking (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clicking (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clicking (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); clicking (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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