clicker

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Synonyms: flicker, slicker, blicker, clinker, clacker, clucker, licker, clocker, clicked, clicket, clickner

Antonyms: flicker, slicker, blicker, clinker, clacker, clucker, licker, clocker, clicked, clicket, clickner

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|slang|Northeastern US}} The remote-control device used to change settings on a [[television]] set, [[VCR]], or other [[electronic]] equipment.
2. An electronic device used by individual [[student]]s in the [[classroom]] to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.
3. A [[person]] who cuts out the [[upper]]s of [[shoe]]s from pieces of [[leather]] using a [[flexible]] [[knife]] that [[click]]s as it changes direction.
4. 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.
5. A [[signal]]ling device used by [[military]] forces. Pressed between thumb and fingers, it makes a small but distinctive click understood by other members of a unit.
6. A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.
7. Someone who [[click]]s, for example using a [[computer]] [[mouse]].
8. {{lb|en|UK|obsolete}} Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a [[tout]].<ref>{{R:Webster 1913}}</ref>
9. {{lb|en|printing|obsolete}} One who has charge of the work of a [[companionship]].<ref>{{R:Webster 1913}}</ref>
10. {{lb|en|printing|historical}} An employee who [[lock]]s the [[type]] in the [[form]] to make it ready for printing.
11. {{lb|en|video games}} {{ellipsis of|en|clicker game}}.

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