right-click

verb

To press the right-hand button on a computer mouse.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person right-clicks · participle present right-clicking · participle past right-clicked · past right-clicked · alternative rightclick

  1. intransitivecomputingTo press the right-hand button on a computer mouse.
  2. transitivecomputingTo activate (an item on the screen) by right-clicking while the pointer is over it.

    You can download Google's deskbar for free […] It automatically installs itself as a toolbar on the Windows XP taskbar, but you have to turn it on by right-clicking the taskbar and choosing Toolbars → Google Deskbar.

    2005, Preston Gralla, Windows XP Power Hound: Teach Yourself New Tricks, page 179

Translations

Danish højreklikke, højreklikke
  • højreklikketo press right-hand button of a mouse
  • højreklikketo activate by pressing right-hand button of a mouse
Dutch rechtsklikken
  • rechtsklikkento press right-hand button of a mouse
Finnish napsauttaa hiiren kakkospainiketta, napsauttaa hiiren kakkospainikkeella
  • napsauttaa hiiren kakkospainikettato press right-hand button of a mouse
  • napsauttaa hiiren kakkospainikkeellato activate by pressing right-hand button of a mouse
French faire un clic droit
  • faire un clic droitto press right-hand button of a mouse
Icelandic hægrismella, hægrismella á
  • hægrismellato press right-hand button of a mouse
  • hægrismella áto activate by pressing right-hand button of a mouse
Irish deaschliceáil, deaschliceáil
  • deaschliceáilto press right-hand button of a mouse
  • deaschliceáilto activate by pressing right-hand button of a mouse
Portuguese clicar com o botão direito
  • clicar com o botão direitoto press right-hand button of a mouse
Russian щёлкать пра́вой кно́пкой мы́ши, щёлкнуть пра́вой кно́пкой мы́ши
  • щёлкать пра́вой кно́пкой мы́ши (ščólkatʹ právoj knópkoj mýši)to press right-hand button of a mouse
  • щёлкнуть пра́вой кно́пкой мы́ши (ščólknutʹ právoj knópkoj mýši)to press right-hand button of a mouse
  • щёлкать пра́вой кно́пкой мы́ши (ščólkatʹ právoj knópkoj mýši)to activate by pressing right-hand button of a mouse
  • щёлкнуть пра́вой кно́пкой мы́ши (ščólknutʹ právoj knópkoj mýši)to activate by pressing right-hand button of a mouse
Scottish Gaelic dèan briogadh deis
  • dèan briogadh deisto press right-hand button of a mouse
Spanish clicar el botón derecho, cliquear el botón derecho
  • clicar el botón derechoto press right-hand button of a mouse
  • cliquear el botón derechoto press right-hand button of a mouse
  • hacer clic derechoto press right-hand button of a mouse
Swedish högerklicka, högerklicka
  • högerklickato press right-hand button of a mouse
  • högerklickato activate by pressing right-hand button of a mouse
Turkish sağ tıklamak, sağ tıklamak
  • sağ tıklamakto press right-hand button of a mouse
  • sağ tıklamakto activate by pressing right-hand button of a mouse
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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