: something that ticks or produces a ticking sound: such as
a
: watch
b(1)
: a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints off information (such as stock quotations or news) on a paper ribbon
(2)
: a graphic on which information is scrolled across the top or bottom of a television or computer screen
c
slang
: heart
Examples of ticker in a Sentence
The news came over the ticker.
Exercise is good for your ticker.
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Three months later, George was watching ESPN when news came across the bottom ticker that caught his eye.
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Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 19 June 2025
So there’s a kind of truce that’s held, with the fashion folk holding tight to their mood boards and the finance gang following their tickers.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
The stock, trading under the ticker symbol CHYM, closed on Thursday at $37.11, up from its IPO price of $27.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Three years later, CoreCivic executed its initial public offering (IPO) in October 1986, listing 2 million shares on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CCAX at an offering price of $9.00 per share.
—Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 19 June 2025
So there’s a kind of truce that’s held, with the fashion folk holding tight to their mood boards and the finance gang following their tickers.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
The stock, trading under the ticker symbol CHYM, closed on Thursday at $37.11, up from its IPO price of $27.
—Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Three years later, CoreCivic executed its initial public offering (IPO) in October 1986, listing 2 million shares on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol CCAX at an offering price of $9.00 per share.
—Michelle Mbekeani, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
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“Ticker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticker. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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ticker
noun
tick·er
ˈtik-ər 
2
a
: a telegraphic machine that receives stock prices and news and prints them out on a paper ribbon
b
: a strip of information that moves across the top or bottom of a television or computer screen
3
slang
: heart sense 1a
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