clicker

noun

click·er ˈkli-kər

: remote control sense 2

: any of various devices operated with a button that makes a click sound when pressed

He pointed his clicker at the screen and the first slide appeared.—

Larissa MacFarquhar

especially : a mechanical handheld counter with a button that makes a click sound when pressed and that tallies the number of clicks

To help me keep count, I have a clicker inside my jacket pocket, the same kind baseball managers use to track pitch counts. —

Colin Kearns

Examples of clicker in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Traditional methods like clickers—in-person polling tools often used to track participation and check for understanding—can sometimes fall short. —

Lux Narayan, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 In a second Instagram Stories post, the singer offered another look at the cake, featuring a large bust of a clicker, the fungal zombie-esque frights from the Last of Us video game franchise and HBO series of the same name. —

Gil MacIas, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025 Beyond the perfect price point, the beauty of these 14k gold hollowed huggies is its ability to be worn daily with an easy-to-wear clicker closure that keeps them secured for any occasion. —

Adam Mansuroglu, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025 Working at the lab, the engineer Homer Dudley came to think of the tongue as, essentially, a telegraph clicker. —

Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for clicker