double-click

[ duhb-uhl-klik ]

verb (used without object)
  1. to click a mouse button twice in rapid succession, as to open a program or select a file: Double-click on the desktop icon.

verb (used with object)
  1. to double-click (a mouse button) or double-click (a program, file, etc.)

Origin of double-click

1
First recorded in 1980–85

Other words from double-click

  • dou·ble click, noun

Words Nearby double-click

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How to use double-click in a sentence

  • There was a double click and the bonds tightened painfully, pressing the chafed red skin white.

    The Escape of Mr. Trimm | Irvin S. Cobb
  • Whether his acute sense of hearing had enabled him to locate the point whence came the double click, Larry did not wait to see.

    Blazing Arrow | Edward S. Ellis
  • Next minute I heard the double click of a cannon and my hair sat up.

  • Then came a double click, and Jesse Pelter found himself handcuffed.

    The Rover Boys in Business | Arthur M. Winfield
  • A double click followed, a familiar sound to Durham—the click of snapping handcuffs.

    The Rider of Waroona | Firth Scott