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right-click

(rīt′klĭk′) Computers

v. right-clicked, right-click·ing, right-clicks

v.intr.

To click the secondary button of a mouse having two buttons with different functions.

v.tr.

1. To click the secondary button of (a mouse).

2. To click on (an icon) with the secondary button of a mouse: right-click the icon to create a new folder.

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right-click

(Computer Science) computing to press and release (the right-hand button on a mouse)

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

right-click

Past participle: right-clicked
Gerund: right-clicking

Imperative
right-click
right-click

Present
I right-click
you right-click
he/she/it right-clicks
we right-click
you right-click
they right-click

Preterite
I right-clicked
you right-clicked
he/she/it right-clicked
we right-clicked
you right-clicked
they right-clicked

Present Continuous
I am right-clicking
you are right-clicking
he/she/it is right-clicking
we are right-clicking
you are right-clicking
they are right-clicking

Present Perfect
I have right-clicked
you have right-clicked
he/she/it has right-clicked
we have right-clicked
you have right-clicked
they have right-clicked

Past Continuous
I was right-clicking
you were right-clicking
he/she/it was right-clicking
we were right-clicking
you were right-clicking
they were right-clicking

Past Perfect
I had right-clicked
you had right-clicked
he/she/it had right-clicked
we had right-clicked
you had right-clicked
they had right-clicked

Future
I will right-click
you will right-click
he/she/it will right-click
we will right-click
you will right-click
they will right-click

Future Perfect
I will have right-clicked
you will have right-clicked
he/she/it will have right-clicked
we will have right-clicked
you will have right-clicked
they will have right-clicked

Future Continuous
I will be right-clicking
you will be right-clicking
he/she/it will be right-clicking
we will be right-clicking
you will be right-clicking
they will be right-clicking

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been right-clicking
you have been right-clicking
he/she/it has been right-clicking
we have been right-clicking
you have been right-clicking
they have been right-clicking

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been right-clicking
you will have been right-clicking
he/she/it will have been right-clicking
we will have been right-clicking
you will have been right-clicking
they will have been right-clicking

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been right-clicking
you had been right-clicking
he/she/it had been right-clicking
we had been right-clicking
you had been right-clicking
they had been right-clicking

Conditional
I would right-click
you would right-click
he/she/it would right-click
we would right-click
you would right-click
they would right-click

Past Conditional
I would have right-clicked
you would have right-clicked
he/she/it would have right-clicked
we would have right-clicked
you would have right-clicked
they would have right-clicked

Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011

Translations

right-click

[ˈraɪtklɪk]

A. VI → cliquear con la parte derecha del ratón (on en)

B. VT to right-click an icon → cliquear en un icono con la parte derecha del ratón

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