Sound of a mouse?
Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “Sound of a mouse?”, starting with the letters cl.
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verb
- To strike, move, or produce with a click
"clicked his heels together"
- To select especially in a computer interface by pressing a button on a control device (such as a mouse)
- To turn (something) on or off by pushing a button or moving a switch
"She clicked off the light, and we were plunged into darkness again."
- To change or move through (channels) especially by pushing buttons on a remote control
- To make a click
- To fit or agree exactly
- To fit together hit it off
"they did not click as friends"
- To function smoothly
- Succeed
"a movie that clicks"
- To select something by clicking
- To change to a different channel or move through channels especially by pushing buttons on a remote control
"She fiddled with the remote control until the TV turned on. She clicked through the channels."
noun
- A slight sharp noise
- A speech sound in some languages made by enclosing air between two stop articulations of the tongue, enlarging the enclosure to rarefy the air, and suddenly opening the enclosure
- Detent
- An instance of clicking
"a mouse click"
noun
- Any of a family (Elateridae) of beetles able to right themselves with a click when inverted by flexing the articulation between the prothorax and mesothorax
noun
- Fraud committed by clicking through an advertisement on a website multiple times to spuriously increase the cost to the advertiser
"Click fraud is where organisations or individuals take advantage of search engines' pay-per-click models—in which a company pays a fee if a consumer clicks through from the search engine to its website after entering search criteria—by continually clicking on an organisation's link."
noun
- A turnable control device (as for a camera diaphragm opening) that engages with a definite click at specific settings
noun
- An instance of clicking on a link on a web page
"click-through rate"
verb
- To click on (a link, such as a link for a promotion or advertisement) on a web page that opens a new page or site
"They have been pressing all Web sites, including those dedicated to journalism, to accept payment completely or partially based on the number of people clicking through an advertisement or even on the number of people who buy a product."
idiom
- To make a noise with one's tongue
"My mom shook her head and clicked her tongue in disapproval."
verb
- To press the leftmost button on a computer mouse or similar input device
"There's an icon but when I left-click on it, I do not have any of the shortcuts I expect."
- to press the leftmost button on a computer mouse or similar input device
adjective
- Of, relating to, or being a computer interface that allows the activation of a file or function by selection with a pointing device (such as a mouse)
This clue was used on March 8, 2025.
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