single-click

noun

The action of pushing the button on a mouse once in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a double-click or triple-click.

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Meanings

nounsingle-click (plural single-clicks)

plural single-clicks

  1. computingThe action of pushing the button on a mouse once in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a double-click or triple-click.
verbsingle-click (third-person singular simple present single-clicks, present participle single-clicking, simple past and past participle single-clicked)

present singular third person single-clicks · participle present single-clicking · participle past single-clicked · past single-clicked

  1. ambitransitivecomputingTo push the button on a mouse once in order to perform a different task that would be performed from a double-click or triple-click.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 單擊 /单击
  • 單擊 /单击 (dānjī)action or event of pushing mouse-button once
French seul-clic
  • seul-clicaction or event of pushing mouse-button once
German Einzelklick
  • Einzelklickaction or event of pushing mouse-button once
Japanese シングルクリック
  • シングルクリック (shingurukurikku)action or event of pushing mouse-button once
Polish pojedyncze kliknięcie
  • pojedyncze kliknięcieaction or event of pushing mouse-button once
Russian одина́рный щелчо́к
  • одина́рный щелчо́к (odinárnyj ščelčók)action or event of pushing mouse-button once
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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