clicker
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈklɪkər/
- US
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control remoto
- He points the clicker at the door.
- TV clicker
- remote control clicker
- change channels with the clicker
So he backs up, I pull through and then I go up here and he didn't he he had the, the gate clicker for the garage and the gate in that car.
- So he backs up, I pull through and then I go up here and he didn't he he had the, the gate clicker for the garage and the gate in that car.
- And somebody can use a mouse clicker and control it just through thought, just thought.
Examples
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I think my clicker ran out of batteries.
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I used the clicker to change the channel while watching TV on the couch.
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"He picked up the clicker; on came the TV.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Hey, honey, where's the clicker?"
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Hey, Bobo, would you hand me the TV clicker and the electric shaver?
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He moves toward her, but instead he reaches up and hits the clicker button.
Fiction book (2000) -
Hit the clicker!
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Give me the clicker.
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Where's my clicker?
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Speaking of which, "Morning Joe" is the a.m. show of choice at chez Gumbel, but only "because my wife controls the clicker in the morning," he says.
Blog text (10)
Synonyms
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2.7
A small device used to control a TV or other machine from a distance
How Complex
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Clicker comes from the small, sharp sound click, the little 'click' you hear when you press a button. So a TV remote is called a clicker because you press it and hear a 'click' to change the channel.