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double-clicking

double-clicking is the present participle and gerund of double-click.

Meaning of double-click

Verb

double-click (third-person singular simple present double-clicks, present participle double-clicking, simple past and past participle double-clicked)

  1. (ambitransitive) To push the button on a mouse twice in quick succession in order to perform a different task than would be performed from a single-click or triple-click.

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Questions about double-clicking

What is double-clicking the present participle and gerund of?
Double-clicking is the present participle and gerund of double-click.

Words near double-clicking in the dictionary

  1. double-checked
  2. double-checking
  3. double-checks
  4. double-click
  5. double-clicked
  6. double-clicking
  7. double-clicks
  8. double-clutch
  9. double-clutched
  10. double-clutches
  11. double-clutching

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Adapted from Wiktionary: double-clicking (page history and authors); double-click (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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