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tick·er
(tĭk′ər)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
(ˈtɪkə)n
1. slang
a. the heart
b. a watch
2. a person or thing that ticks
3. (Stock Exchange) stock exchange the US word for tape machine2
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tick•er
(ˈtɪk ər)n.
1. a telegraphic instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.
2. one that ticks.
3. Slang.
a. a watch.
b. the heart.
[1820–30]
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| 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"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 analog watch - a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial 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 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 tapecharacter printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer - a printer that prints a single character at a time |
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ticker
nounSlang. The circulatory organ of the body:
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ticker
[ˈtɪkəʳ]Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
ticker
[ˈtɪkər] n → palpitant m ticker tape n (carrying news) → bande f de téléscripteur
(US) (in celebrations) → serpentin m
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Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
ticker
n (fam, heart) corazón mEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.