"fire button" meaning in All languages combined

See fire button on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fire button.wav Forms: fire buttons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire button (plural fire buttons)
  1. (video games) A button on a joystick or joypad that corresponds to the action of firing a weapon, but often represents other in-game actions. Categories (topical): Buttons, Video games
    Sense id: en-fire_button-en-noun-gkhTgVi7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: video-games

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