right-click

right-click
rightˈ-click intransitive verb
To press and release the right-hand button on a computer mouse
noun
An act of doing this
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right-click UK US verb [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they right-click he/she/it right-clicks present participle right-clicking past tense right-clicked past participle right-clicked] computing
to press the button on the right side of a computer mouse with your finger, in order to make it possible to do something on a computer

Right-click on the folder to bring up the menu of options.

Thesaurus: to use a computer keyboard or mousehyponym

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1.
v. [intrans.] Computing depress the right-hand button on a mouse
■ [trans.] click on a link or other screen object in this way

right-click a graphic and choose 'Resize.'

2.
n. the action of right-clicking

[as modifier] right-click features

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verb, -clicks, -clicked, -clicking [no obj]
computers : to press the button on the right side of a mouse or similar device in order to make something happen on a computer

Right-click on the icon and select “Open” from the menu.

— compare ↑click 2, 1

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ˌright-ˈclick 8 [right-click] verb transitive, intransitive \right-click sth | \right-click (on sth)
to choose a particular function or item on a computer screen, etc, by pressing the button on a mouse that is on the right side

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • right-click — right clicks, right clicking, right clicked VERB To right click or to right click on something means to press the right hand button on a computer mouse. [COMPUTING] [V on n] All you have to do is right click on the desktop and select New Folder.… …   English dictionary

  • right-click — v [I] to press the right hand button on a computer ↑mouse to make the computer do something right click on ▪ Right click on the image to save it …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • right-click — right ,click verb intransitive to press the button on the right side of a computer MOUSE with your finger, in order to make it possible to do something on a computer: Right click on the folder to bring up the menu of options …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • right-click — UK / US verb [intransitive] Word forms right click : present tense I/you/we/they right click he/she/it right clicks present participle right clicking past tense right clicked past participle right clicked computing to press the button on the… …   English dictionary

  • right-click — /ˈraɪt klɪk/ (say ruyt klik) verb (i) to activate a computer function by pressing on the right hand button on the mouse: if you right click on delete, the file will go …  

  • right-click — verb Right click is used with these nouns as the object: ↑icon …   Collocations dictionary

  • right-click on — phr verb Right click on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑icon …   Collocations dictionary

  • right-click — click on the right button on a mouse (usually used to display a context sensitive menu) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • right click menu — kontekstinis meniu statusas T sritis informatika apibrėžtis Meniu, kuriame yra komandos, taikytinos esamam ↑kontekstui. Pavyzdžiui, daugelyje „Windows“ terpės programų kontekstinis meniu atsiranda spustelėjus pasirinktą objektą dešiniuoju pelės… …   Enciklopedinis kompiuterijos žodynas

  • right-click — verb a) To press the right hand button on a computer mouse. b) To activate an item on the screen by right clicking while the pointer is over it. See Also: left click, middle click …   Wiktionary

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