ticker
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /tɪkə(ɹ)/
ticker (plural tickers)
- One who makes a tick mark.
- 1992, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
- A teacher now is a typist, a printer, a laboratory assistant, a designer of work sheets and booklets, a form-filler, a ticker of boxes and a sender of returns to faculty heads, to head teachers, to education authorities and to the Ministers […]
- 1992, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)
- A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
- The ticker was showing an increased rate of flow.
- A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
- I checked the prices on the ticker one last time before placing the trade.
- To my surprise, the ticker showed that the deal had already gone through.
- (colloquial) A heart, especially a human one.
- My ticker gave out and I had to go to the hospital for surgery.
- (birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.
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