CLICKER

Etymology

Noun

clicker (plural clickers)

(slang) The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment.

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

A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction.

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.

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.

A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.

Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.

(UK, obsolete) One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.

(printing, obsolete) One who has charge of the work of a companionship.

(printing, historical) An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Click"er, n.

1. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [Low, Eng.]

2. (Print.)

Definition: One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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