point-and-click

adjective

With which the user interacts by pointing and clicking, using a mouse or similar device.

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Meanings

adjectivepoint-and-click (not comparable)
  1. not comparablecomputingWith which the user interacts by pointing and clicking, using a mouse or similar device.

    Carrying on the Sierra On-Line tradition of point-and-click adventure, Roberta Williams and Jane Jensen created two classics of the interactive movie genre.

    2007, Mark J P Wolf, The Video Game Explosion
  2. not comparableartsPoint-and-shoot.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
point-and-droolpoint-and-shoot
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

“point-and-click.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/point-and-click. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “point-and-click,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/point-and-click.

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