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fire button

fire button noun: a button on a joystick or joypad that corresponds to the action of firing a weapon, but often represents other in-game actions.

Noun

fire button (plural fire buttons)

  1. A button on a joystick or joypad that corresponds to the action of firing a weapon, but often represents other in-game actions.
    • You launch him into the air with a quick press on the fire button, trying to pass over bombs as you fly.1986, Rachael Smith, Bomb Jack (video game review in Your Sinclair issue 5, May 1986)

Forms of fire button

pluralfire buttons

Questions about fire button

What does fire button mean?
Fire button means a button on a joystick or joypad that corresponds to the action of firing a weapon, but often represents other in-game actions.
What part of speech is fire button?
Fire button is a noun.
What is the plural of fire button?
The plural of fire button is fire buttons.

Words near fire button in the dictionary

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  2. fire brigade
  3. fire brigades
  4. fire bucket
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  8. fire cabinet
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  10. fire camp
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