Past tense of click; to make a short sharp sound, or to press a computer mouse button.
From Dutch 'klikken' or imitative origin, meant to represent the actual sound. The word is largely onomatopoetic—it imitates the sound it describes.
The word 'clicked' has lived two lives: first as the sound of a mechanical switch, then revolutionized by the computer mouse in the 1980s. One word, two technological eras.
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