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ticker

[ tik-er ]

noun

  1. a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
  2. a person or thing that ticks. tick.
  3. Slang. a watch.
  4. Slang. the heart.


ticker

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. slang.
    1. the heart
    2. a watch
  2. a person or thing that ticks
  3. stock exchange the US word for tape machine
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ticker1

1820–30; 1880–85 ticker fordef 4; tick 1 + -er 1
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Viewers flagged Fox News’s termination of a live stock ticker altogether midday on Thursday, shortly before Trump said his tariff plan was “going very well.”

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Newcastle stories were scattered all over Wembley along with the ticker tape of celebration.

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Shortly after her Wimbledon victory, Gibson returned home to a ticker tape parade in New York City, becoming the second Black American after Jesse Owens to be honored in that way.

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