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clicker

American  
[klik-er] / ˈklɪk ər /

noun

  1. someone or something that clicks.

  2. remote control.


clicker British  
/ ˈklɪkə /

noun

  1. a person or thing that clicks

  2. informal a foreman in a shoe factory or printing works

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Garage clicker data showed she returned home around 5:15 p.m. that day.

From BBC Mar. 17, 2025

By bedtime, the routine of separate meals and joint clicker tricks is firmly in place.

From Salon Mar. 5, 2024

Mackey scanned the horizon and ticked off the daily elk count with a clicker.

From Seattle Times Jan. 30, 2024

Another crew member reportedly performed two headcounts that came up with 42 passengers, then used a clicker and counted 44.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 2023

In each case, the dreaded clicker sounded after a minute or two, before the contestant had reached the middle of the aria.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman

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