clicker

noun

click·​er ˈkli-kər How to pronounce clicker (audio)
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: any of various devices operated with a button that makes a click sound when pressed
He pointed his clicker at the screen and the first slide appeared.Larissa MacFarquhar
especially : a mechanical handheld counter with a button that makes a click sound when pressed and that tallies the number of clicks
To help me keep count, I have a clicker inside my jacket pocket, the same kind baseball managers use to track pitch counts. Colin Kearns

Examples of clicker in a Sentence

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Working at the lab, the engineer Homer Dudley came to think of the tongue as, essentially, a telegraph clicker. Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 Students learn from professional dog trainers and implement a clicker method where a dog is praised and rewarded for good behavior with a treat. Allie Torgan, CNN, 12 July 2024 The headlining title is Vampire Survivors, an indie hit that combined the gameplay of bullet hell shooters and the addictive quality of clickers to become a mega sensation two years ago. Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 10 July 2024 There’s no track, no clicker, no spectacle — nothing to detract from the raw performance. Malia Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for clicker 

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of clicker was in 1974

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“Clicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clicker. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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clicker

noun
click·​er ˈklik-ər How to pronounce clicker (audio)
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