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CLICKER

Definition: CLICKER

CLICKER

Noun

1. One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.

2. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: CLICKER

DomainDefinitions

Occupations

Operates machine to cut out parts of specified size and shape from materials, such as cardboard, cloth, leather, mica, paper, plastic, or rubber: Places single or multiple layers of material on bed of machine. Turns handwheel to raise or lower head of machine (ram) according to thickness of material or depth of die. Positions one or more cutting dies on material or clamps dies to head of machine and positions material under dies to ensure maximum utilization of material. Depresses pedal or moves lever to activate ram that forces die through material. Removes cut parts from die or bed of machine. Measures parts with rule or compares parts with standard to verify conformance to specifications. Stacks parts in storage area according to size and shape. May sharpen cutting edges of dies, using file or hone. When operating machine to trim hat brims, is designated Rounding-Machine Operator (hat & cap). May be designated according to type of die used as Adjustable-Die Cutter (paper goods); Solid-Die Cutter (paper goods); or according to part cut as Sole-Leather-Cutting-Machine Operator (boot & shoe); Toppiece Cutter (boot & shoe); Trimming Cutter (garment). May be designated: Beam-Press Operator (rubber goods); Box-Toe Cutter (boot & shoe); Brim Cutter (hat & cap); Buckram Cutter (boot & shoe; hat & cap; leather prod.); Cap-Parts Cutter (hat & cap); Double Cutter (boot & shoe); Glove-Parts Cutter (glove & mit.); Handbag-Parts Cutter (leather prod.); Hat-Parts Cutter (leather prod.); Heel-Lift-Beam Cutter (boot & shoe); Helmet-Hat-Brim Cutter (hat & cap); Insole Cutter, Machine (boot & shoe); Label Cutter (garment); Leather-Novelty-Parts Cutter (leather prod.); Lining Cutter, Machine (boot & shoe); Outsole Cutter, Machine (boot & shoe); Shoe-Parts Cutter (boot & shoe); Silk-Lining Cutter, Machine (boot & shoe; hat & cap; leather prod.); Single-Beam Clicker (boot & shoe; hat & cap; leather prod.); Sole-Cutting-Machine Operator (boot & shoe); Top-Lift Cutter (boot & shoe); Trimming Cutter, Machine (boot & shoe); Twin-Beam Clicker (boot & shoe; hat & cap; leather prod.); Upper Cutter, Machine (boot & shoe). (references)

Slang in 1811

CLICKER. A salesman's servant; also, one who proportions out the different shares of the booty among thieves. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: CLICKER

DomainTitle

Books

  • Clicker Fun: Dog Tricks and Games Using Positive Reinforcement (reference)

  • Clicker Training for Obedience: Shaping Top Performance--Positively (reference)

  • Dog and a Dolphin an Introduction to Clicker (reference)

  • Getting Started : Clicker Training for Cats (reference)

  • Getting Started: Clicker Training for Dogs (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: CLICKER

Computer Images:
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Usage Frequency: CLICKER

"CLICKER" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CLICKER" is used about 20 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%2078,262

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CLICKER

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

clicker

157

clicker 4

6

clicker training

117

clicker control remote

6

clicker proxy

82

clicker die

6

clicker dog training

56

area clicker copy copy down highlight hold in left over pass pointer something that this want will

6

clicker mouse

54

dog clicker

5

auto clicker

32

bird clicker training

5

clicker outwar proxy

30

clicker outwar

5

clicker garage door opener

29

clicker garage opener

4

auto clicker mouse

14

clicker download proxy

4

clicker corporation

14

adio aggressive albans billabong binding bird bird board boarding boarding boarding boarding boards burton burton clicker clothing clothing conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy conspiracy da deck dragon duffs england es etnies forum forum globe graffito hip hop house house inline inline inline internet k2 k2 kine long long mail mail mail micro online order order order osiris osiris reaction reaction retail ride ride rusty scooter senate shoes shop shop shop shop shop site skate skate skate skate ska

4

clicker for garage door

11

clicker clt1

4

automatic clicker mouse

11

clicker counter

3

bench clicker top

11

chamberlain clicker

3

clicker remote

10

clicker heel

3

clicker training for horse

10

automatic clicker

3

clicker press

10

clicker link

3

cat clicker training

10

clicker door garage opener universal

3

clicker garage

9

clicker clk1

3

clicker corp

7

clicker door opener

3

clicker dc dog training

7

clicker instructions

3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CLICKER

Language Translations for "CLICKER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏مقرقعة, ‏مطقطقة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

главен крояч на обувки. (various references)

   

Danish

  

ombryder (maker-up, set-up and type man). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

opmaker (maker-up, set-up and type man). (various references)

   

French

  

claquette (clapper), metteur en pages. (various references)

   

German

  

Zuschneider (cutter). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

σελιδωτής (maker-up, set-up and type man), σελιδοποιός (maker-up, set-up and type man). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

balekfogó. (various references)

   

Italian

  

impaginatore (graphic-layout man, layout artist, maker-up, set-up and type man). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ickerclay

   

Portuguese

  

compositor (composer, compositor, maestro, musician, setter, songwriter, typesetter), abastecedor (outfitter, provider, purveyor, victualler). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

rihtuitor. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

заготовщик, зазывала (booster, shills, spieler). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

nadzornik u štampariji. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

confeccionador (maker-up, set-up and type man), compaginador (maker-up, set-up and type man), taconeador, ajustador (adjuster, adjustor, assembler, assembly operator, assemblyman, fitter). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

klickare. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

метранпаж, закликальник (booster, puller-in, tout), заготовник. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: CLICKER

Derivations

Words beginning with "CLICKER": clickers. (additional references)


Misspellings

"CLICKER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: clicher, Clickart, Clicket, Clicki, clucker, cluker, Csicseri, glickum, Kliskey, Kloeckner, Schlieker. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "CLICKER"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "CLICKER" (pronounced kli"ker)
4-l i" k erflicker, licker, liquor, slicker.
3-i" k erBicker, Dicker, kicker, picker, quicker, sicker, snicker, sticker, thicker, ticker, vicar, whicker, wicker.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: CLICKER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-c-e-i-k-l-r"

-1 letter: circle, cleric, licker.

-2 letters: cerci, ceric, clerk, click, crick, icker, liker, relic.

-3 letters: ceil, cire, keir, kier, lice, lick, lier, like, lire, reck, rice, rick, riel, rile.

-4 letters: cel, elk, ice, ick, ilk, ire, irk, kir, lei, lek, lie, rec, rei.

-5 letters: el, er, li, re.

 Words containing the letters "c-c-e-i-k-l-r"
 

+1 letter: clickers.

 

+2 letters: cracklier.

 

+3 letters: crackliest.

 

+4 letters: cinderblock, cuckoldries, cupronickel, placekicker.

 

+5 letters: cinderblocks, cupronickels, placekickers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: CLICKER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 4C 49 43 4B 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

-.-.    .-..    ..    -.-.    -.-    .    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01001100 01001001 01000011 01001011 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#76 &#73 &#67 &#75 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 004C 0049 0043 004B 0045 0052

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37464337453952

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Non-English Dictionaries with "CLICKER"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Arabic

‏معجم, ‏قاموس, ‏الوضوحية في الشيء, ‏حد, ‏تحديد, ‏تعريف, ‏التحديد, ‏الإيضاحية, ‏ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ‏ترجمة, ‏إفتتان‏العربية, ‏عربي, ‏اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, арабська мова, арабський

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод‏البلغارية, ‏بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulgarer, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, болгарський

Danish

ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse‏لغة الدانمركية, ‏نوع كعك, ‏دانماركي, датски език, датски, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, danez, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, датський, датська мова

Dutch

woordenboek, definitie, translatie‏هولندي, ‏اللغة الهولندية, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, hollandsk, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, olandez, nemţesc, limba olandezã, german, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, голландська мова, голландський

French

dictionnaire, définition, traduction‏اللغة الفرنسية, ‏فرنسي, ‏الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький

German

Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition‏ضرب من الرقص, ‏جرماني, ‏الماني, ‏اللغة الألمانية, ‏المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, tysker, Duitse, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, німкеня, німецький, німець

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση‏يوناني, ‏اللغة اليونانية, ‏الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, græker, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás‏مجري, ‏المجري, ‏الهنغاري, ‏هنغاري, ‏اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, ungarer, Hongaarse, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzione‏الإيطالي, ‏اللغة الإيطالية, ‏إيطالي, ‏شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italiener, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка

Portuguese

dicionário, definição, tradução‏اللغة البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالية, ‏البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugiser, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcireрумънски език, румънски, румънец, rumæner, Roemeens, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение‏روسي, ‏اللغة الروسية, ‏الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, russer, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjeserbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducción‏اللغة الأسبانية, ‏الأسبانية, ‏أسباني, испански език, испански, Spaans, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова

Swedish

ordbok, lexikon, översättning‏اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, Zweeds, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський

Ukrainian

словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення‏أوكراني أحد أبناء أوكرانيا, ‏الأوكراني, украинец, украински език, Oekraïens, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, ucrainean, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, український, українець

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translation‏الإنجليزية, ‏الأنكليزي, ‏إنكليزي, ‏ترجمة إنكليزية, ‏اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Usage Frequency
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Rhymes
9. Anagrams
10. Orthography
11. Bibliography


  

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