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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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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
That love seems to be tested with Season 2, as the relatively stable life Ellie and Joel have found in the community of Jackson, Wyoming is upended by the rising presence of infected clickers and a possible invading force led by Dever’s Abby.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
Zoetis Petcare, a company that provides products and services for pets, states that training may require more effort and has provided the following advice:
Use your voice or a clicker combined with treats to reinforce good behavior.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Traditional methods like clickers—in-person polling tools often used to track participation and check for understanding—can sometimes fall short.
—Lux Narayan, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
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Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 7 Mar. 2025
That love seems to be tested with Season 2, as the relatively stable life Ellie and Joel have found in the community of Jackson, Wyoming is upended by the rising presence of infected clickers and a possible invading force led by Dever’s Abby.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 8 Mar. 2025
Zoetis Petcare, a company that provides products and services for pets, states that training may require more effort and has provided the following advice:
Use your voice or a clicker combined with treats to reinforce good behavior.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
Traditional methods like clickers—in-person polling tools often used to track participation and check for understanding—can sometimes fall short.
—Lux Narayan, Forbes, 16 Jan. 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 28 Mar. 2025.
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