: 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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Then-Mayor John Lindsay had cut down on ticker-tape extravaganzas for financial and other reasons.
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Anthony Izaguirre, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
More than 10,000 officers will be assigned for the ticker-tape victory parade Thursday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said, as authorities brace for potentially record-setting crowds along the parade’s route, held on a stretch of Broadway Street known as the Canyon of Heroes.
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The Downtown Alliance notes the tradition of the ticker-tape parade began in 1886 when Wall Street workers threw ticker-tape out the window to celebrate the Statue of Liberty unveiling.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Ultimately, the stock ticker was used until the 1960s.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 June 2026
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Anthony Izaguirre, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
More than 10,000 officers will be assigned for the ticker-tape victory parade Thursday, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said, as authorities brace for potentially record-setting crowds along the parade’s route, held on a stretch of Broadway Street known as the Canyon of Heroes.
—Mark Morales, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
The Downtown Alliance notes the tradition of the ticker-tape parade began in 1886 when Wall Street workers threw ticker-tape out the window to celebrate the Statue of Liberty unveiling.
—Mason Leib, ABC News, 18 June 2026
Ultimately, the stock ticker was used until the 1960s.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 18 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for ticker
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“Ticker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticker. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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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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