clicker

noun

click·er ˈkli-kər

: remote control sense 2

: 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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Bluetooth it to your phone, and the clicker works perfectly. —

Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Nov. 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 difference between the two is the Olympic recurve bow has a sight, stabilizer and clicker that tells the athlete how far to pull back while the barebow does not have those three elements, hence the name, Lyons said. —

Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022 Has adjustment settings on the cord and also a camera clicker. —

Harper's BAZAAR, 30 Nov. 2022 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 McAfee’s Mobile Research Team recently identified 16 Android apps with clicker trojans on Google Play. —

Jacob Siegal, BGR, 23 Oct. 2022 The clicks travel outward, bounce off objects and come back to the ears of the clicker. —

Helen Czerski, WSJ, 23 Sep. 2022 The Naga Trinity mouse isn’t your normal point-and-clicker. —

Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 13 July 2022 See More

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