"misclick" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɪsklɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misclick.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misclick2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: misclicks [plural]
Etymology: From mis- + click. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|click}} mis- + click Head templates: {{en-noun}} misclick (plural misclicks)
  1. (computing) A click of a computer mouse that is inaccurate and therefore fails to perform the desired action. Synonyms: clicko Coordinate_terms: mistap
    Sense id: en-misclick-en-noun-st0Vw3vn Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis-, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Verb

IPA: /mɪsˈklɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misclick.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-misclick2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: misclicks [present, singular, third-person], misclicking [participle, present], misclicked [participle, past], misclicked [past]
Etymology: From mis- + click. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|mis|click}} mis- + click Head templates: {{en-verb}} misclick (third-person singular simple present misclicks, present participle misclicking, simple past and past participle misclicked)
  1. (computing, ambitransitive) To perform an erroneous click with a computer mouse. Tags: ambitransitive Coordinate_terms: mistap Translations (Translations): verklicken (German), klikać błędnie [imperfective] (Polish), kliknąć błędnie [perfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-misclick-en-verb-V6g~sFRO Categories (other): Computing, English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with mis-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 51 49 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with mis-: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 53 47 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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