klikke

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klikke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of klikken

Imitative of the sound (lydord).

klikke (present tense klikker, past tense klikka or klikket, past participle klikka or klikket)

1. to click (make a clicking noise)
2. (colloquial) to lose it (lose one's temper or mind)

• klikk n

• “klikke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Onomatopoeic.

klikke (present tense klikkar, past tense klikka, past participle klikka, passive infinitive klikkast, present participle klikkande, imperative klikke/klikk)

1. (ambitransitive) to click (to make a clicking sound)
2. (transitive, computing) to click (to navigate by clicking the mouse button)
3. (intransitive or impersonal, colloquial) to lose it (to lose one's temper or mind)

   Han var så sur, han klikka heilt.

   He was so mad, he lost it completely.

   Det har klikka for ho.

   She has lost it.

From klikk m (“clique”) after French clique.

klikke (present tense klikkar, past tense klikka, past participle klikka, passive infinitive klikkast, present participle klikkande, imperative klikke/klikk)

1. (reflexive) to clique
   • 1950, Jakob Straume, Redningsmannen, page 110:

     Svigerinnene klikka seg i hop mot bruda.

     The sisters-in-law cliqued themselves against the bride.

• “klikke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.