Meaning & use
Ticker
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Informally, the heart; also, a device or display that shows a continuous scrolling stream of information such as stock prices or news.
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The doctor said his ticker was in great shape for a man his age.
Investors watched the stock ticker anxiously as prices fell.
A note on using this word
The heart sense comes from its rhythmic ticking sound; the stock-market sense comes from old ticker-tape machines.
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Another way to use it
2. noun
A device, such as a stock ticker, that prints or displays continuously updated information.
The news ticker at the bottom of the screen scrolled through the day's headlines.
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