"fire button" meaning in English

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Noun

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

Inflected forms

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