How to Use clicker in a Sentence

clicker

noun
  • The S Pen is black, but the clicker at the top matches the color of the phone.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The clicks travel outward, bounce off objects and come back to the ears of the clicker.
    Helen Czerski, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022
  • The trainer clicks a clicker, the rat steps aside and gets his reward--a piece of banana.
    Smriti Rao, Discover Magazine, 8 Mar. 2010
  • The story begins in 1992, as Mr. Philbrick and his young children fight over the TV clicker.
    Danny Heitman, WSJ, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Claire came very close to following Mann’s clicker cue to hop on a stool.
    Karla Peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • At the front of the store, employees use a clicker to track how many customers are allowed in.
    Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Get your credit card ready and your clicker finger poised to shop.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The clickers, first seen in Episode 2, mean almost certain death and can withstand gunshots to the body.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Bluetooth it to your phone, and the clicker works perfectly.
    Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Within just a week, Melody was responding to the clicker.
    Karla Peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 Sep. 2017
  • Prepare for more of those clicker sounds bouncing around your brain.
    Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 27 Jan. 2023
  • And don't worry — clickers and infected have yet to be seen!
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2023
  • Instead, use a clicker device or pencil and paper and the five-hash-mark method.
    Malia Wollan, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Good fishing guides keep count—and keep legal—by using a clicker like this one.
    Outdoor Life, 21 May 2020
  • Fallon shared a photo of the pair behind the scenes, with Ritter in full clicker makeup.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Just like with the clicker, the hand flash needs to occur as soon as the correct behavior occurs for the dog to make the connection.
    Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • For pen clickers or even those that just like to fidget with different items.
    Chevall Pryce, Houston Chronicle, 6 Sep. 2019
  • The sketch is just Mulaney flashing through half a dozen memes of the same photo with his PowerPoint clicker.
    Zak Jason, Wired, 21 May 2021
  • One popular type is a clicker hoop, which features a hinged closure that snaps open and closed.
    Leah Campano, Seventeen, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Say the command, then use a clicker or a reward word, like bingo, to mark when your dog does the behavior; and give it a treat as a reward.
    Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Over the next few days, whenever your dog approaches, say a reward word, like Bingo, or click a clicker and give him the treat.
    Cathy M. Rosenthal, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Ackman strode onstage in a stylish black suit, one hand in his pocket and the other holding a slide-clicker remote.
    Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2017
  • But Maguire and team are also exploring infrared lasers—the same basic tech used by your TV clicker.
    Cade Metz, Wired News, 21 Apr. 2015
  • Stage 3: Clickers Maybe the most well-known and horrifying of the bunch, clickers are the third stage of infection and take about a year post-infection to reach.
    Brooke Lamantia, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Feb. 2023
  • And though the food truck is stationary, its dashboard is packed with tons of hands-on fun including a steering wheel, clicker key and gear shifter.
    Karen Mizoguchi, PEOPLE.com, 21 Dec. 2017
  • The Naga Trinity mouse isn’t your normal point-and-clicker.
    Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 13 July 2022
  • The next photo in the series, taken a year later, shows Wang holding her infant son on her lap with one hand, the camera clicker in the other.
    Andrea Denhoed, The New Yorker, 5 June 2019
  • The remote can also control a Sharp Aquos TV; one less clicker on the coffee table.
    Daniel Dumas, WIRED, 13 Feb. 2008
  • Before a treat comes out, the camera emits a clicking sound, modeled after a training clicker.
    Kayla Matthews, WIRED, 12 May 2018
  • Many of the sales start before the actual weekend hits and last through Monday, May 31 (or even later), so get your clicker finger ready.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 16 May 2022

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