ticker tape

noun

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

Examples of ticker tape in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Soon after, ticker tape, Shea Stadium and winning Mets seasons all fell out of style. Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 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, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024 In the early days of hedge funds, so much trading was based on whim, instinct, and vaguely divinatory practices like tape reading, so called after the ticker tape used to transmit trades via telegraph. Tarpley Hitt, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023 History of rolling the oak trees at Toomer's Corner The tradition of covering Toomer's Corner in toilet paper has been an Auburn staple for decades, said to have begun when nearby drugstore, Toomer's Drugs, would throw ticker tape from telegraphs on powerlines when word was received of an away win. Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2023 See all Example Sentences for ticker tape 

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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 31 Oct. 2024.

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ticker tape

noun
: the paper ribbon on which a telegraphic ticker prints
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