clicker

noun

click·​er ˈkli-kər 

1

: remote control sense 2

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

Examples of clicker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Event organizers often use clickers and other approaches to estimate attendance. —Cate Charron, IndyStar, 15 Oct. 2025

In addition to the two left and right clickers and the fantastic MagSpeed electromagnetic scroll wheel, the MX Master 3S includes two buttons and a horizontal scroll wheel. —PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025

Maldonado held tally clickers in each hand (one for inbound traffic to the federal complex, one for outbound) and counted the flow of vehicles. —Oren Peleg, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2025

That handheld clicker tied to his vest? —Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1974, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for clicker

• bicker
• dicker
• flicker
• kicker
• liquor
• picker
• quicker
• ricker
• sicker
• slicker
• snicker
• sticker

Kids Definition

clicker

noun

click·​er ˈklik-ər 

: remote control sense 2