# clicker

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈklɪkə/ · frequency rank #46,382

## Definitions
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.

## Easily confused with
- **clicks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicker-vs-clicks)
- **cocker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicker-vs-cocker)
- **cricket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicker-vs-cricket)
- **cracker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicker-vs-cracker)
- **clocked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicker-vs-clocked)
- **climber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicker-vs-climber)
- **clipper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicker-vs-clipper)
- **crocker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicker-vs-crocker)
- **click** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/click-vs-clicker)
- **cliché** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cliche-vs-clicker)
- **chicken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chicken-vs-clicker)
- **clicked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clicked-vs-clicker)
- **checker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/checker-vs-clicker)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cclicker`, `cilcker`, `clciker`, `cliccker`, `clicekr`, `clickerr`, `clickker`, `clickre`, `clikcer`, `cllicker`, `lcicker`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/clicker