Ticker
noun
A device that makes a regular, rhythmic ticking noise, especially a clock or watch.
My grandfather's old watch is still a good ticker.
Often appears as...
- clock ticker
- hear the ticker
noun
A tape showing stock prices, news, etc.
She was anxiously watching the stock ticker on her computer.
Often appears as...
- news ticker
- stock ticker
noun
The heart.
He's got a strong ticker after all those years of exercise.
Often appears as...
- strong ticker
- heart's a ticker
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A device that makes a regular, rhythmic ticking noise, especially a clock or watch.
My grandfather's old watch is still a good ticker.
Often appears as...
- clock ticker
- hear the ticker
noun
A tape showing stock prices, news, etc.
She was anxiously watching the stock ticker on her computer.
Often appears as...
- news ticker
- stock ticker
noun
The heart.
He's got a strong ticker after all those years of exercise.
Often appears as...
- strong ticker
- heart's a ticker
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Sound Association
Relate 'ticker' to the sound of ticking to remember its connection to timekeeping devices.
The constant ticking from the grandfather clock made him think of its ticker.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Object
Remember, 'ticker' often refers to an actual object, like a clock or watch.
The teacher asked for complete silence and all you could hear was the wall clock's ticker.
Pro Tip 1/2Sound Association
Relate 'ticker' to the sound of ticking to remember its connection to timekeeping devices.
The constant ticking from the grandfather clock made him think of its ticker.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Object
Remember, 'ticker' often refers to an actual object, like a clock or watch.
The teacher asked for complete silence and all you could hear was the wall clock's ticker.
Pro Tip 1/2Sound Association
Relate 'ticker' to the sound of ticking to remember its connection to timekeeping devices.
The constant ticking from the grandfather clock made him think of its ticker.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Object
Remember, 'ticker' often refers to an actual object, like a clock or watch.
The teacher asked for complete silence and all you could hear was the wall clock's ticker.
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Video examples
Jake Wood: A new mission...
They pin a medal on his chest. He goes home to a ticker tape parade. He takes the uniform off. He's no longer Sergeant Jones in his community. He's now Dave from Kansas City. He doesn't have that same self-worth. But you send him to Joplin after a tornado, and somebody once again is walking up to him and shaking their hand and thanking them for their service,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 280 PIPE...
bonding they have they definitely must be on the same mother and the same father you can see the spots they are still showing on that young one there and is it just how we load up there's a ticker fly on his tummy you can see how his tummy is going to flies they're just
Video examples
Jamil Abu-Wardeh: The...
So, as for the outsiders looking in, watch the CNN report on the second Amman Comedy Festival. The reporter did a great job, and I thank her, but somebody forgot to send the positive PR email to the person operating the automatic news ticker that appears at the bottom.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
why it's called the scented thorn or the chillier nylock ticker and I showed you one that had died the other day that fallen over it been killed by elephants I think and they're so few of them they're a couple of quarantine keyrings just outside the camp but otherwise
Video examples
Carolyn Porco: This is...
and it landed in the outer solar system for the first time in human history. It is so significant that, in my mind, this was an event that should have been celebrated with ticker tape parades in every city across the U.S. and Europe,
Video examples
Tracking Plastic Sea to...
experiencing snow for the very first time people often ask me what will it look like when your work is done rooo when our work is done I don't think it's going to be a mainstream but Main Street parade with tickers falling from
Video examples
Obese Chihuahua PIPE...
Julie's heart is already working overtime listen to your ticker the first thing I know is that's affecting her breathing she kind of sounds like she just ran a marathon gasping for air she's kind of snorting a lot she's got
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
is a very straightforward answer the number of leopards I've seen here I mean I've been here now about two months and I've seen loads of leopards and where I come from in East Africa it's my tickers about a month to see one
Video examples
How to motivate people...
What about this one? This ticker reframes the kind of mundane task of turning off the lights and turns it instead into an environmental contribution.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
later it's early morning and ticker spots a strange black cat on a nearby roof and listen to this
Video examples
Jake Wood: A new mission...
They pin a medal on his chest. He goes home to a ticker tape parade. He takes the uniform off. He's no longer Sergeant Jones in his community. He's now Dave from Kansas City. He doesn't have that same self-worth. But you send him to Joplin after a tornado, and somebody once again is walking up to him and shaking their hand and thanking them for their service,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 280 PIPE...
bonding they have they definitely must be on the same mother and the same father you can see the spots they are still showing on that young one there and is it just how we load up there's a ticker fly on his tummy you can see how his tummy is going to flies they're just
Video examples
Jamil Abu-Wardeh: The...
So, as for the outsiders looking in, watch the CNN report on the second Amman Comedy Festival. The reporter did a great job, and I thank her, but somebody forgot to send the positive PR email to the person operating the automatic news ticker that appears at the bottom.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 150 PIPE...
why it's called the scented thorn or the chillier nylock ticker and I showed you one that had died the other day that fallen over it been killed by elephants I think and they're so few of them they're a couple of quarantine keyrings just outside the camp but otherwise
Video examples
Carolyn Porco: This is...
and it landed in the outer solar system for the first time in human history. It is so significant that, in my mind, this was an event that should have been celebrated with ticker tape parades in every city across the U.S. and Europe,
Video examples
Tracking Plastic Sea to...
experiencing snow for the very first time people often ask me what will it look like when your work is done rooo when our work is done I don't think it's going to be a mainstream but Main Street parade with tickers falling from
Video examples
Obese Chihuahua PIPE...
Julie's heart is already working overtime listen to your ticker the first thing I know is that's affecting her breathing she kind of sounds like she just ran a marathon gasping for air she's kind of snorting a lot she's got
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
is a very straightforward answer the number of leopards I've seen here I mean I've been here now about two months and I've seen loads of leopards and where I come from in East Africa it's my tickers about a month to see one
Video examples
How to motivate people...
What about this one? This ticker reframes the kind of mundane task of turning off the lights and turns it instead into an environmental contribution.
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
later it's early morning and ticker spots a strange black cat on a nearby roof and listen to this
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Jonathan Ames
American Author
Twitter is so severe, you know? And it's completely for free, it's scattershot, and it's very easy to feel embarrassed. It's hard to be artful with it. It's like a ticker tape. It's not a forum that's worth mastering, you know?
Quote examples
Sucheta Dalal
Bloomberg does not cater to the Indian audience. It does display Indian stock indices, and during trading hours has a ticker tape of Indian stocks running across the bottom, but then so do most of the news channels.
Quote examples
Anushka Sharma
Indian Actress
I will share a personal experience: my father was posted in Jammu & Kashmir during the Kargil war. I remember my mom sitting in front of television throughout the day reading tickers which had name of the martyrs.
Quote examples
Jonathan Ames
American Author
Twitter is so severe, you know? And it's completely for free, it's scattershot, and it's very easy to feel embarrassed. It's hard to be artful with it. It's like a ticker tape. It's not a forum that's worth mastering, you know?
Quote examples
Sucheta Dalal
Bloomberg does not cater to the Indian audience. It does display Indian stock indices, and during trading hours has a ticker tape of Indian stocks running across the bottom, but then so do most of the news channels.
Quote examples
Anushka Sharma
Indian Actress
I will share a personal experience: my father was posted in Jammu & Kashmir during the Kargil war. I remember my mom sitting in front of television throughout the day reading tickers which had name of the martyrs.
Example 1 of 3
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