ticker

noun

tick·​er ˈti-kər 

: 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.

Recent Examples on the Web

The tickers were respectively down 43%, 37% and 27% on the week, as of Friday morning. —Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 14 Nov. 2025

His manager, former WME agent David Huntzinger, fielded a $1 million offer from one popular betting platform to run a ticker ad during just one stream on election night 2024. —Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025

The optics weren’t any better on ESPN, a key rightsholder, where pundits discussed the scandal while an advertisement for ESPN Bet, the company’s gambling service, ran on the ticker below. —Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025

The market has become a competition of numbers, THC percentages climbing like stock tickers, potency sold as prestige. —Jahan Marcu, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing ticker

• ticker tape
• ticker-tape parade

Rhymes for ticker

• bicker
• dicker
• flicker
• kicker
• liquor
• picker
• quicker
• ricker
• sicker
• slicker
• snicker
• sticker

Kids Definition

ticker

noun

tick·​er ˈtik-ər 

1

: watch entry 2 sense 4

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