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: 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.—
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: 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
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The super-sized clicker was first seen in Episode 5 of Season 1, but the Season 2 bloater may look a bit different this time around.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
The Last of Us’ action scenes are effectively terrifying, and Season 2 delivers nightmarish visions like an army of clickers crawling out of a snowbank and hurtling down a hill at a full sprint, along with a full-on assault that rivals the scale of Game of Thrones’ most epic battles.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 7 Apr. 2025
The process starts with clicker and scent training, followed by field training before graduating to fieldwork.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Arakawa's car is seen on surveillance entering her subdivision and a remote clicker assigned to her is used to enter the community.
Feb. 11, later in the day: Arakawa dies of a rare disease called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
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Jordan Moreau, Variety, 21 Apr. 2025
The Last of Us’ action scenes are effectively terrifying, and Season 2 delivers nightmarish visions like an army of clickers crawling out of a snowbank and hurtling down a hill at a full sprint, along with a full-on assault that rivals the scale of Game of Thrones’ most epic battles.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 7 Apr. 2025
The process starts with clicker and scent training, followed by field training before graduating to fieldwork.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Arakawa's car is seen on surveillance entering her subdivision and a remote clicker assigned to her is used to enter the community.
Feb. 11, later in the day: Arakawa dies of a rare disease called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.
—Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for clicker
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“Clicker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clicker. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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