middle-click

verb

To press the middle button on a computer mouse.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person middle-clicks · participle present middle-clicking · participle past middle-clicked · past middle-clicked · alternative middleclick

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

    Synonyms: click

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

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo press the middle button on a computer mouse.

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Translations

Portuguese clicar com o botão do meio
  • clicar com o botão do meioto press middle button of a mouse
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APA

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

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Chicago

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

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