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1. n. One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.
2. n. the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
3. n. a small portable timepiece
4. n. a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
5. One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc. Ticker tape Tape from or designed to be used in a stock ticker, usu. of paper and being narrow but long. -- Stock ticker, an electro-mechanical information receiving device connected by telegraphic wire to a stock exchange, and which prints out the latest transactions or news on stock exchanges, commonly found in the offices of stock brokers. By 1980 largely superseded by electronic stock quotation devices. ticker tape parade A parade to honor a person, held in New York City, during which people in the tall buildings of Manhattan throw large quantities of paper, confetti, paper ribbons, or the like onto the parading group. The name comes form the ticker tape originally thrown onto the parade when it passed stockbrokers' offices in lower Manhattan, before stock tickers became obsolete.
6. One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, asa watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc. Ticker tape Tape fromor designed to be used in a stock ticker, usu. of paper and beingnarrow but long.-- Stock ticker, an electro-mechanical information receiving deviceconnected by telegraphic wire to a stock exchange, and which printsout the latest transactions or news on stock exchanges, commonlyfound in the offices of stock brokers. By 1980 largely superseded byelectronic stock quotation devices. ticker tape parade A parade tohonor a person, held in New York City, during which people in thetall buildings of Manhattan throw large quantities of paper,confetti, paper ribbons, or the like onto the parading group. Thename comes form the ticker tape originally thrown onto the paradewhen it passed stockbrokers' offices in lower Manhattan, before stocktickers became obsolete.
7. n:100 n. a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape