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ticker

Pronunciation:  'tikur

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Matching Terms:  ticken, ticker tape, tickertape, ticket, ticket agent, ticket book, ticket booth, ticket collector, ticket holder, ticket line, ticket office, ticket stub, ticket taker, ticket tout, ticket window, ticketing, ticket-of-leave

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on tickertape
  2. [n]  a small portable timepiece
  3. [n]  the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions pump blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly"
 
 Synonyms: heart, pump, stock ticker, watch
 
 See Also: analog watch, arteria coronaria, athlete's heart, biauriculate heart, cardiac muscle, cardiac valve, cardiovascular system, character printer, character-at-a-time printer, circulatory system, coronary artery, crystal, digital watch, face, heart muscle, heart valve, hunter, hunting watch, internal organ, movement, pendulum watch, pocket watch, serial printer, stem-winder, timekeeper, timepiece, valve, viscus, watch case, watch crystal, watch glass, wrist watch, wristwatch

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Tick"er\, n.
A telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints
off stock quotations ({stock ticker}) and other news on a
paper ribbon or ``tape.''


  2. \Tick"er\, n. [See {Tick}.]
One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound,
as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.
 



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