double-click

double-click
double-click ˌdouble-ˈclick verb [intransitive, transitive]
COMPUTING to press a button on a computer mouse twice in order to send an instruction to the computer:

• Just double-click on the Add Printer icon and the installation software takes you through the process.

• If you place the cursor on a word, double-clicking the mouse highlights that word.

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double-click UK US /ˌdʌblˈklɪk/ verb [I or T]
IT to quickly press twice on a mouse button in order to perform an action on your computer: »

All you have to do is double-click on the file to instal the software.

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Open the Control Panel and double-click the System icon.


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  • double click — UK US noun [countable] [singular double click plural double clicks] Thesaurus: to use a computer keyboard or mousehyponym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

  • double-click — double clicks, double clicking, double clicked VERB: no passive 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.… …   English dictionary

  • double-click — double click. v.i. Computers. to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to call up a program or select a file. [1980 85] * * * …   Universalium

  • double-click — double ,click verb intransitive or transitive COMPUTING to give an instruction to a computer by quickly pressing the mouse twice with your finger ╾ dou|ble ,click noun count …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • double-click — double click. v.i. Computers. to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to call up a program or select a file. [1980 85] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Double Click —   [engl.], Doppelklick …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Double-click — This article is about the computer input action. For Internet ad serving company owned by Google, see DoubleClick. A double click is the act of pressing a computer mouse button twice quickly without moving the mouse. Double clicking allows two… …   Wikipedia

  • double-click — UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms double click : present tense I/you/we/they double click he/she/it double clicks present participle double clicking past tense double clicked past participle double clicked computing to give an… …   English dictionary

  • double-click — verb Double click is used with these nouns as the object: ↑icon, ↑mouse …   Collocations dictionary

  • double-click on — phr verb Double click on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑icon …   Collocations dictionary

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