ticker tape

noun

: the paper ribbon on which a telegraphic ticker prints off its information

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Joan said the songs were coming out like ticker tape. Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2025 Store employees would celebrate news of Auburn road wins by throwing ticker tape onto power lines. Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025 In 1969: The U.S. celebrated the Apollo 11 astronauts in a hectic series of transnational events: a New York City ticker tape parade with a ceremony at the United Nations, a parade in Chicago and a state dinner with President Richard Nixon in Los Angeles. Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Borman, Lovell, and Anders came back to ticker tape parades, an appearance before Congress, a world good-will tour. Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ticker tape

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ticker tape was in 1895

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“Ticker tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticker%20tape. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.

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ticker tape

noun
: the paper ribbon on which a telegraphic ticker prints
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