[jQuery] how to write the jquery syntax to select single word within an element

[jQuery] how to write the jquery syntax to select single word within an element


Hi
I'm a newbie.
I just don't know how to construct the jquery selector syntax to pick
up a single word on click from within let's say a

element and then
trigger some function in which the selected word is going to be used.
(Something like when you click a word on an HTML page and get the
meaning of that word from a dictionary-program - e.g. the COED Concise
Oxford English Dictionary).
I'd be glad if someone could help me out on this.