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Definition of "right-click" []

  • Computer Science To click the secondary button of a mouse having two buttons with different functions. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "right-click" in a sentence
  • "UPDATE 1: Cash4Gold has filed a defamation suit (right-click here and save to your harddrive to view the PDF) against the ex-employee who posted the below allegations against the company on ComplaintsBoard."
  • "I right-click, trying to see if it's Flash or what."
  • "One oddity: if you put a checkmark next to a file first, the right-click options change only to "Delete this file" - though all the aforementioned options remain under the "down arrow.""