left-click

verb

ˈleft-ˈklik 

left-clicked; left-clicking; left-clicks

transitive + intransitive

: to press the leftmost button on a computer mouse or similar input device

There's an icon but when I left-click on it, I do not have any of the shortcuts I expect.

—John C. Dvorak

When purchasing an in-store computer, select the Start button, and left-click "Computer." A menu will pop up.

—Matthew Shepard

compare right-click

Examples of left-click in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

However, the large touchpad was too often a little finicky about what constituted a right- or left-click. — Marshall Honorof, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1990, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for left-click

• broomstick
• dipstick
• homesick
• joystick
• lipstick
• nonstick
• pickwick
• picnic
• redbrick
• seasick
• sidekick
• slapstick