long press

or longpress

noun

1. (on a tablet or smartphone) the act of pressing one's finger down on an icon or other part of the screen for several seconds, as to activate a task or access additional options.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to press one's finger down for several seconds on (a part of a display screen):

   to long press the home button;

   to long press on the app icon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of long press¹

First recorded in 1990–95, for an earlier sense

Example Sentences

If you try to start it up with a long press on your home screen, your iPhone will think you’re trying to edit your apps.

From Popular-Science

Just long press on any empty space on your home screen, choose Wallpaper & style, and then go to Change wallpaper.

From Popular-Science

To really cut down on the number of notifications you receive, do a long press on an alert you don’t care about.

From Popular-Science

I wasn’t really aware at how good a job it was doing drowning out street noise until I switched it off — this can be accomplished with a long press on the side touch panel or through the app.

From TechCrunch

From there, you can select another app in the dock, long press it, and drag it up either on top of the current app, or next to it, enabling its Split View mode.

From Time