autoclick

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noun

A software feature that simulates the click of a mouse button.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nounautoclick (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputingA software feature that simulates the click of a mouse button.

    Rather than hire hordes of people to click banner ads, some website operators run automated programs known as autoclick software.

    2006, Wally Wang, Steal this Computer Book 4.0
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    When you hover the mouse cursor over an item that has the autoclick feature enabled, the feature is automatically clicked after a second or two.

    2012, John Paul Mueller, Windows 8 For Dummies Quick Reference
verbautoclick (third-person singular simple present autoclicks, present participle autoclicking, simple past and past participle autoclicked)

present singular third person autoclicks · participle present autoclicking · participle past autoclicked · past autoclicked

  1. computingTo simulate a click without direct user input.

    Push the Freakin' Button, a little freeware program to autoclick on annoying Windows buttons

    2002 August 12, David Ripton, “MTGO works in Linux with Win4Lin”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet)

Origin

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APA

autoclick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoclick

MLA

“autoclick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoclick. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoclick,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoclick.

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