: the paper ribbon on which a telegraphic ticker prints off its information
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Brunson, the team’s captain and unquestioned star, does not exactly sound like someone planning a ticker tape parade.—Tom Kludt, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026 Horse-race results came in on ticker tape.—Dan Piepenbring, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for ticker tape