ticker

tick·er  (tkr)

n.

1.

a. A telegraphic instrument that receives news reports and prints them on paper tape.

b. Any of various devices that receive and display similar information, such as stock market quotations, electronically.

2. Slang A watch.

3. Slang The heart.

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ticker

Noun

Slang the heart

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ticker - the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body; "he stood still, his heart thumping wildly" heart, pump internal organ, viscus - a main organ that is situated inside the body arteria coronaria, coronary artery - the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart athlete's heart - enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance biauriculate heart - a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles cardiac muscle, heart muscle - the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction cardiac valve, heart valve - a valve to control one-way flow of blood valve - a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it cardiovascular system, circulatory system - the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body
	2.	ticker - a small portable timepiece watch analog watch - a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial watch crystal, watch glass, crystal - a protective cover that protects the face of a watch digital watch - a watch with a digital display face - the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down" hunting watch, hunter - a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal movement - the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock); "it was an expensive watch with a diamond movement" pendulum watch - (18th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it pocket watch - a watch that is carried in a small watch pocket stem-winder - a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem horologe, timepiece, timekeeper - a measuring instrument or device for keeping time watch case - the metal case in which the works of a watch are housed wrist watch, wristwatch - a watch that is worn strapped to the wrist
	3.	ticker - a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape stock ticker character printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer - a printer that prints a single character at a time