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double-click

dou·ble-click
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [duhb-uh l klik]
    • /ˈdʌb əl klɪk/
    • /ˈdʌbl klɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [duhb-uh l klik]
    • /ˈdʌb əl klɪk/

Definitions of double-click word

  • verb without object double-click to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to open a program or select a file: Double-click on the desktop icon. 1
  • verb with object double-click to double-click (a mouse button) or double-click (a program, file, etc.) 1
  • noun Technical meaning of double-click (operating system)   Two clicks of a mouse button made in rapid succession without moving the mouse. A double-click often combines the actions of selecting, and then activating an object in a GUI, e.g. selecting and opening a document. Some text editors use double-click to select the word under the mouse pointer. When used as a verb it is often written as two words with a space instead of a hyphen. 1
  • verb double-click If you double-click on an area of a computer screen, you point the cursor at that area and press one of the buttons on the mouse twice quickly in order to make something happen. 0
  • verb double-click to click (a mouse button) twice in rapid succession 0
  • noun double-click (computing) The action of pushing the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a single-click or triple-click. 0
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Parts of speech for Double-click

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
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double-click popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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