clicker

== English == === Etymology === From click + -er. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklɪkə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈklɪkɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) === Noun === clicker (plural clickers) (slang, Northeastern US) The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment. An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc. A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction. 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. 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. A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training. Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse. (UK, obsolete) Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout. (printing, obsolete) One who has charge of the work of a companionship. (printing, historical) An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing. (video games) Ellipsis of clicker game. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === John Camden Hotten (1873), The Slang Dictionary === Anagrams === clerick