left-click

verb

To press the left button on a computer mouse.

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click
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Meanings

verbleft-click (third-person singular simple present left-clicks, present participle left-clicking, simple past and past participle left-clicked)

present singular third person left-clicks · participle present left-clicking · participle past left-clicked · past left-clicked · alternative leftclick

  1. intransitivecomputingTo press the left button on a computer mouse.

    Synonyms: click

  2. transitivecomputingTo activate an item on the screen by left-clicking while the pointer is over it.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo press the left button on a computer mouse.

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click

Translations

Danish venstreklikke, venstreklikke
  • venstreklikketo press the left button on a mouse
  • venstreklikketo activate an item on the screen by left-clicking
Finnish klikata vasemmalla, klikata vasemmalla
  • klikata vasemmallato press the left button on a mouse
  • klikata vasemmallato activate an item on the screen by left-clicking
French faire un clic gauche
  • faire un clic gaucheto press the left button on a mouse
Icelandic vinstrismella, vinstrismella á
  • vinstrismellato press the left button on a mouse
  • vinstrismella áto activate an item on the screen by left-clicking
Irish cléchliceáil, cléchliceáil
  • cléchliceáilto press the left button on a mouse
  • cléchliceáilto activate an item on the screen by left-clicking
Portuguese clicar com o botão esquerdo
  • clicar com o botão esquerdoto press the left button on a mouse
Scottish Gaelic dèan briogadh clì, dèan briogadh clì
  • dèan briogadh clìto press the left button on a mouse
  • dèan briogadh clìto activate an item on the screen by left-clicking
Spanish clicar el botón izquierdo, cliquear el botón izquierdo
  • clicar el botón izquierdoto press the left button on a mouse
  • cliquear el botón izquierdoto press the left button on a mouse
Swedish vänsterklicka
  • vänsterklickato press the left button on a mouse
Cite this entry
APA

left-click. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left-click

MLA

“left-click.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left-click. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “left-click,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/left-click.

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