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Definition of "clicker"

clicker

/ˈklɪkə/
  • noun

    plural clickers

    1. (slang, Northeastern US) The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment.

    2. An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.  

    3. A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction.  

    4. A machine that cuts materials using a steel rule die. The name comes from the sound (click) when the material is cut. May be hand, pneumatic, or hydraulic powered.  

    5. A signalling device used by military forces. Pressed between thumb and fingers, it makes a small but distinctive click understood by other members of a unit.  

    6. A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.  

    7. Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.  

    8. (UK, obsolete) Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout.  

      Quotations

      • Let Clickers bark on the whole Day

        1709, Thomas d'Urfey (lyrics and music), “The Character of a Seat's-man”

    9. (printing, obsolete) One who has charge of the work of a companionship.

    10. (printing, historical) An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing.

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