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ticker
/ ˈtɪkə /
noun
- slang.
- the heart
- a watch
- a person or thing that ticks
- stock exchange the US word for tape machine
Word History and Origins
Origin of ticker1
Example Sentences
One of the earliest ticker-tape parades was for Teddy Roosevelt when he returned from an African safari in 1910.
We certainly should not hold a ticker-tape parade for anybody else before then, no matter who wins what championship.
But that is not the same as a ticker-tape parade offering thanks specifically to those who served in Afghanistan and Iraq.
If I brought down the Mob,” the Rev. Al Sharpton demanded on Monday, “I want my ticker tape parade.
With just three weeks until we close out the year, the homicide ticker is stuck on 401.
Also, arrangements could be made with some reliable brokerage house to have him supplied with the ticker tape each day.
There he invented a printing telegraph machine, known as "the ticker," to record stock quotations.
Now he turned suddenly and looked at the ticker, then rose and staggered to it and leaned there, swaying.
Van Rensselaer knew that the ticker was some minutes behind the market, and he cursed with impatience.
As he passed out through the ticker-room he glanced at the blackboard.
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