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ticker


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ticker  \Tick"er\,  n. 
  A  telegraphic  receiving  instrument  that  automatically  prints 
  off  stock  quotations  ({stock  ticker})  and  other  news  on  a 
  paper  ribbon  or  ``tape.'' 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Ticker  \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 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ticker 
  n  1:  the  hollow  muscular  organ  whose  rhythmic  contractions  pump 
  blood  through  the  body;  "he  stood  still  his  heart 
  thumping  wildly"  [syn:  {heart},  {pump}] 
  2:  a  small  portable  timepiece  [syn:  {watch}] 
  3:  automatically  prints  stock  quotations  on  a  paper  tape  [syn: 
  {stock  ticker}] 




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