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Clicker

//ˈklɪkə// noun, slang

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

    "We have a clicker for the TV, one for the VCR, one for the DVD player and another one that does it all."

  2. 2
    An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.
  3. 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. 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. 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.
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  1. 6
    A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.
  2. 7
    Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.
  3. 8
    Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout. UK, obsolete

    "Let Clickers bark on the whole Day"

  4. 9
    One who has charge of the work of a companionship. obsolete
  5. 10
    An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing. historical
  6. 11
    Ellipsis of clicker game. abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Etymology

From click + -er.

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