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autoclick

autoclick noun: a software feature that simulates the click of a mouse button.

Noun

autoclick (uncountable)

  1. A software feature that simulates the click of a mouse button.
    • Rather than hire hordes of people to click banner ads, some website operators run automated programs known as autoclick software.2006, Wally Wang, Steal this Computer Book 4.0
    • When you hover the mouse cursor over an item that has the autoclick feature enabled, the feature is automatically clicked after a second or two.2012, John Paul Mueller, Windows 8 For Dummies Quick Reference

Verb

autoclick (third-person singular simple present autoclicks, present participle autoclicking, simple past and past participle autoclicked)

  1. To simulate a click without direct user input.
    • Push the Freakin' Button, a little freeware program to autoclick on annoying Windows buttons2002 August 12, David Ripton, “MTGO works in Linux with Win4Lin”, in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.misc (Usenet)

Forms of autoclick

third-person singular presentautoclicks
present participleautoclicking
past participleautoclicked
pastautoclicked

Origin of autoclick

From auto- + click.

Questions about autoclick

What does autoclick mean?
Autoclick means a software feature that simulates the click of a mouse button.
What part of speech is autoclick?
Autoclick can be a noun or a verb.

Words near autoclick in the dictionary

  1. autocleave
  2. autocleaved
  3. autocleaves
  4. autocleaving
  5. autoclesis
  6. autoclick
  7. autoclicked
  8. autoclicker
  9. autoclickers
  10. autoclicking
  11. autoclicks

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