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

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