"clicker" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈklɪkə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈklɪkɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-clicker.ogg Forms: clickers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: From click + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|click|er|id2=agent noun}} click + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} clicker (plural clickers)
  1. (slang) The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-VOZA0u29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Electronics, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 13 10 3 5 1 13 3 2 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 16 13 12 5 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 16 13 12 3 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 13 18 10 3 6 3 9 4 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 15 13 12 4 4 2 10 3 3 16 Disambiguation of Electronics: 34 18 4 7 4 11 4 4 4 4 8 Disambiguation of Occupations: 12 12 16 10 6 3 5 12 7 3 13
  2. An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc. Translations (an electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.): klikker (Hungarian), пульт (pulʹt) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-vxbxQyi6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 13 10 3 5 1 13 3 2 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 16 13 12 5 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 16 13 12 3 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 13 18 10 3 6 3 9 4 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 15 13 12 4 4 2 10 3 3 16 Disambiguation of Occupations: 12 12 16 10 6 3 5 12 7 3 13 Disambiguation of 'an electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.': 10 62 3 2 7 6 1 3 1 1 4
  3. A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction.
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-EEjo3SxA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 13 10 3 5 1 13 3 2 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 16 13 12 5 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 16 13 12 3 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 13 18 10 3 6 3 9 4 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 15 13 12 4 4 2 10 3 3 16 Disambiguation of Occupations: 12 12 16 10 6 3 5 12 7 3 13
  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.
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-FBD7Bjvu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Machines Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 13 10 3 5 1 13 3 2 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 16 13 12 5 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 16 13 12 3 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 15 13 12 4 4 2 10 3 3 16 Disambiguation of Machines: 11 5 10 29 6 5 7 10 4 5 8
  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.
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-wQaA-3rC Categories (other): Military Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0
  6. A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-oU953emm Categories (other): Education Disambiguation of Education: 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0
  7. Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-mv3vJk7N
  8. (UK, obsolete) Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout. Tags: UK, obsolete
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-ZVTEMXNT Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Occupations, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 13 10 3 5 1 13 3 2 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 16 13 12 5 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 16 13 12 3 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 15 13 12 4 4 2 10 3 3 16 Disambiguation of Occupations: 12 12 16 10 6 3 5 12 7 3 13 Disambiguation of People: 0 11 12 0 0 0 14 36 14 13 0
  9. (printing, obsolete) One who has charge of the work of a companionship. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-jd~0d7lC Categories (other): Printing Topics: media, printing, publishing
  10. (printing, historical) An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-KvybbAkI Categories (other): Printing Topics: media, printing, publishing
  11. (video games) Short for clicker game. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: clicker game
    Sense id: en-clicker-en-noun-PxJIpiFU Categories (other): Video games, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Occupations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 13 10 3 5 1 13 3 2 21 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 16 16 13 12 5 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 16 13 12 3 3 2 11 4 3 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 16 13 13 11 3 2 1 13 5 1 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 13 13 11 3 4 1 12 4 3 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 19 13 18 10 3 6 3 9 4 4 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 16 15 13 12 4 4 2 10 3 3 16 Disambiguation of Occupations: 12 12 16 10 6 3 5 12 7 3 13 Topics: video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autoclicker, ball clicker, clicker counter, clicker game, clickership, cow-clicker, slam-clicker

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈklɪkə/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈklɪkɚ/",
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}
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      "word": "autoclicker"
    },
    {
      "word": "ball clicker"
    },
    {
      "word": "clicker counter"
    },
    {
      "word": "clicker game"
    },
    {
      "word": "clickership"
    },
    {
      "word": "cow-clicker"
    },
    {
      "word": "slam-clicker"
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        "The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment."
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        "An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc."
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        "A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction."
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training."
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      "glosses": [
        "Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse."
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          "text": "Let Clickers bark on the whole Day",
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        }
      ],
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        "Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout."
      ],
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        ],
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          "Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary",
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        ],
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        ]
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        "(UK, obsolete) Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout."
      ],
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      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "One who has charge of the work of a companionship."
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          "companionship"
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        "(printing, obsolete) One who has charge of the work of a companionship."
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        "media",
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        "publishing"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing."
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        "(printing, historical) An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing."
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        "Short for clicker game."
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        "(video games) Short for clicker game."
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        "abbreviation",
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈklɪkɚ/",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.",
      "word": "klikker"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pulʹt",
      "sense": "an electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пульт"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clicker"
}

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