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plural clickers
(slang, Northeastern US) 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. examples
A person who cuts out the uppers of shoes from pieces of leather using a flexible knife that clicks as it changes direction. examples
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. examples
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. examples
A small mechanical device that produces a clicking sound, used in dog training. examples
Someone who clicks, for example using a computer mouse. examples
(UK, obsolete) Someone who stands by a shop door to invite people to buy; a tout. quotations
Let Clickers bark on the whole Day
1709, Thomas d'Urfey (lyrics and music), “The Character of a Seat's-man”
(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.