double-click
Americanverb (used without object)
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double-clicks,
present (3rd person singular)
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double-clicked,
past participle, past
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double-clicking
present participle
verb (used with object)
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double-clicks,
present (3rd person singular)
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double-clicked,
past participle, past
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double-clicking
present participle
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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double-clicksimple
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double-clickssimple
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have double-clickedperfect
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has double-clickedperfect
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am double-clickingprogressive
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are double-clickingprogressive
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is double-clickingprogressive
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have been double-clickingperfect progressive
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has been double-clickingperfect progressive
Past
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double-clickedsimple
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had double-clickedperfect
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was double-clickingprogressive
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were double-clickingprogressive
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had been double-clickingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of double-click
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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Put a pin in that: This, along with “Let’s double-click on that,” is just silly speak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
Or is it only when I double-click and the email pops open?
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 5, 2022
On the Apple Watch, you can also double-click the side button to bring up your designated card.
From The Verge ● May 26, 2022
After you download a new typeface from an online font shop, double-click the file you received.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2017
Now I double-click on the first photos and enlarge them to full screen.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
Darren double-clicks his key fob to unlock the car doors.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
“I memorized every single vehicle in those videos,” he said, a note of pride in his voice as he double-clicked on a file and pointed at the Voxy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 30, 2026
The top brings you home or can be double-clicked to quickly switch to the previously used app.
From The Verge ● Aug. 18, 2021
Then he returned to the target’s computer and double-clicked on it, just as Lagunes had clicked on the link in her inbox.
From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2017
A software update this past winter allows for customizing the wake button to perform one function when double-clicked, such as skipping or pausing.
From Slate ● Nov. 3, 2011
From there it sped westward with the sun, lying silently in wait in corporate e-mail accounts until unsuspecting office denizens punched in, logged on and double-clicked on the file.
From Time Magazine Archive
Apple Pay is popular among Gen Z and makes it easy to pay by double-clicking the side of their phone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026
Edits like adding vibrato are as easy as double-clicking.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2023
Windows users can install a new font by right-clicking the downloaded file and selecting Install from the menu, or by double-clicking the font file and selecting the Install button.
From New York Times ● Jul. 17, 2017
You can use Apple Pay on your Watch by double-clicking the main button, but it’s not set up with your card out of the box.
From The Verge ● Apr. 24, 2015
"Why don't you read it online?" he said, reaching over my shoulder and double-clicking on the title, frowning when that merely led to another information page: "How do you get to read the actual book?"
From The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind by James Boyle
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