fire button

noun

A button on a joystick or joypad that corresponds to the action of firing a weapon, but often represents other in-game actions.

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Meanings

nounfire button (plural fire buttons)

plural fire buttons

  1. video gamesA button on a joystick or joypad that corresponds to the action of firing a weapon, but often represents other in-game actions.

    You launch him into the air with a quick press on the fire button, trying to pass over bombs as you fly.

    1986, Rachael Smith, Bomb Jack (video game review in Your Sinclair issue 5, May 1986)
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APA

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Chicago

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