"hot corner" meaning in All languages combined

See hot corner on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hot corners [plural]
Etymology: Because many hard-hit balls are hit there Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hot corner (countable and uncountable, plural hot corners)
  1. (baseball, countable, uncountable, usually with "the") Third base. Tags: countable, uncountable, usually, with-definite-article Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-hot_corner-en-noun-4~hjM49- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  2. (graphical user interface, countable) A corner of the screen configured to perform an action when the pointer is moved there. Tags: countable Categories (topical): Graphical user interface

Inflected forms

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            "Sports",
            "Human activity",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "text": "Jones plays the hot corner.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Jones plays hot corner.",
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        "Third base."
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          "Third base",
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        "(baseball, countable, uncountable, usually with \"the\") Third base."
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ]
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          "ref": "2021, Richard Petersen, Linux Mint 20.2: Desktops and Administration",
          "text": "You can also configure a hot corner to open the Expo screen, or install the Expo applet.",
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        }
      ],
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        "A corner of the screen configured to perform an action when the pointer is moved there."
      ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(graphical user interface, countable) A corner of the screen configured to perform an action when the pointer is moved there."
      ],
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "Because many hard-hit balls are hit there",
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      "glosses": [
        "Third base."
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        ]
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      ],
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        "with-definite-article"
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        "hobbies",
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      ],
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        "(graphical user interface, countable) A corner of the screen configured to perform an action when the pointer is moved there."
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "computing",
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}

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