Clicker

Quick meaning: Clicker is a noun meaning An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.

Meaning

An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.

More Meanings

1. A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction.
2. A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.
3. Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.
4. (UK, obsolete) Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout.
5. 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.
6. A signalling device used by military forces. Pressed between thumb and fingers, it makes a small but distinctive click understood by other members of a unit.
7. (slang, Northeastern US) The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment.

Example Sentences

Let Clickers bark on the whole Day

We have a clicker for the TV, one for the VCR, one for the DVD player and another one that does it all.

Word Forms

• clickers

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