clicker

Meanings

1. The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment.
2. An electronic device used by individual students in the classroom to respond to multiple-choice questions, etc.
3. A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks 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 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.
6. A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training.
7. Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse.
8. Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout.
9. One who has charge of the work of a companionship.
10. An employee who locks the type in the form to make it ready for printing.
11. Ellipsis of clicker game.

Etymology

From click + -er.