TICKER

ticker, stock ticker

(noun) a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape

watch, ticker

(noun) a small portable timepiece

heart, pump, ticker

(noun) the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; “he stood still, his heart thumping wildly”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

ticker (plural tickers)

One who makes a tick mark.

A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.

A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.

(colloquial) A heart, especially a human one.

(birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.

Source: Wiktionary

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Tick"er, n. Etym: [See Tick.]

Definition: One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc. Ticker tape Tape from or designed to be used in a stock ticker, usu. of paper and being narrow but long.

– Stock ticker, an electro-mechanical information receiving device connected by telegraphic wire to a stock exchange, and which prints out the latest transactions or news on stock exchanges, commonly found in the offices of stock brokers. By 1980 largely superseded by electronic stock quotation devices. ticker tape parade A parade to honor a person, held in New York City, during which people in the tall buildings of Manhattan throw large quantities of paper, confetti, paper ribbons, or the like onto the parading group. The name comes form the ticker tape originally thrown onto the parade when it passed stockbrokers' offices in lower Manhattan, before stock tickers became obsolete.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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