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click verb- to have a successful encounter with a hitherto unknown member of the opposite sex UK, 1937
- The journalist met the keeper’s wife, clicked with her, and when the World Cup began, returned to the house to see her again. — The Observer, 30 September 2001
- to get along instantly and famously UK, 1915
- We just seemed to click, though, didn’t we? — Mary Hooper, (megan)2, p. 163, 1999
- — Connie Eble (Editor), UNC-CH Campus Slang, p. 3, Fall 1999
- to suddenly understand something; to suddenly make sense in context UK, 1939
- Something, you know, just clicked. — Guardian, 10 July 2001
- to perform at the right moment as needed by a friend US
- — Terry Williams, The Cocaine Kids, p. 136, 1989
- to enjoy an amorous relationship IRELAND
- In less than a year he had managed to click in some hungry way with Madonna McManus[.] — John Kelly, The Sophisticated Boom Book, p. 39, 2003
- of a woman, to become pregnant (or in Australia, of a cow) UK, 1937
- — Sidney Baker, Australian Slang, 1953
- in the theatre or other forms of entertainment, to be a success US, 1926
- [Ray] Bolger always had the brains to know what made him click with audiences. — Michael Kantor and Laurence Maslon Broadway, The American Musical, p. 2, 2004
- in horse racing, to win a race US
- — David W. Maurer, Argot of the Racetrack, p. 20, 1951
- to be well accepted US
- — Arnold Shaw, Dictionary of American Pop/Rock, p. 78, 1982
- to be selected or accepted for a duty or a fate; to be killed UK, 1917
A military colloquialism. - to break into a parked car US
- During their arrest, police said all three admitted they had been “clicking,” street slang for breaking into unlocked cars. They would look for cars parked in dark areas or — The News-Journal (Daytonoa Beach), p. 3C, 11 November 2009
- to associate with in a group US
- I just started clicking again with the Harlem 30s. — Yusuf Jah, Uprising, p. 27, 1995
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