touchpad
Americannoun
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touchpads
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of touchpad
First recorded in 1990–95; touch ( def. ) + pad 1 ( def. )
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And you just hold the touchpad, speak and release.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2025
So close was the margin, Richards said he felt as though he had touched first but not applied enough pressure to the finishing touchpad for it to register initially.
From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2024
Finally, if your computer is a laptop and has a touchpad, disable the touchpad.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 22, 2023
She chided the government over the dolphin touchpad and the pig video game, which she dubbed “Swinecraft” after the popular game Minecraft.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 14, 2023
Natalie ran her finger over the touchpad, making the view on the screen race up and down the Greystones’ street.
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
A trainer said there was a problem with a speaker on a starting block, but a swimmer attributed the pause to touchpads not working.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
The Getty has installed touchpads adjacent to each display of groups of them, which lets a viewer examine the object in closeup and access more information.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2022
I’m sure this is something you’d get used to as an owner — and haptic touchpads have the benefit of being more customizable — but I still didn’t particularly enjoy clicking with it.
From The Verge ● Jan. 4, 2022
The touchpad — 23 percent larger than the touchpads of previous Pavilions — isn’t my favorite, with a bit of a coarse texture and buttons that require a firm press, but it works.
From The Verge ● Aug. 19, 2021
Think about building a swimming pool, setting the tile, then the electronic touchpads on top of those.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2021
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