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ticker en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Australia) audio
  • /ˈtɪkə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From tick + -er.

Meanings

  1. One who makes a tick mark.
    • A teacher now is a typist, a printer, a laboratory assistant, a designer of work sheets and booklets, a form-filler, a ticker of boxes and a sender of returns to faculty heads, to head teachers, to education authorities and to the Ministers […] 1992, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard):
  2. A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
    • The ticker was showing an increased rate of flow.
  3. A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
    • I checked the prices on the ticker one last time before placing the trade.
    • To my surprise, the ticker showed that the deal had already gone through.
  4. (slang) A heart, especially a human one.
    • My ticker gave out and I had to go to the hospital for surgery.
  5. (slang) A watch (timepiece).
    • A right nice ticker it was. Real gold. 2011, Maggie MacKeever, The Tyburn Waltz:
  6. (slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.
  7. A beer drinker who aims to try as many different beers as possible and keeps a record of all the beers they have drunk.
    • Today's tickers are equipped with smartphones with downloaded apps like Untappd. I've seen tickers peruse beer lists for new beers they haven't tried. 2019, Michael Ian Borer, Vegas Brews: Craft Beer and the Birth of a Local Scene, →ISBN, page 168:
    • My weekday visit found a great mix of luncheoners, locals and real ale tickers. 2006, Richard Stedman, The Football and Real Ale Guide 2006-07: Division 1, →ISBN, page 5:
    • This book has not been written with the goal of pleasing beer geeks, tickers, fetishists, raters or advocates. 2015, Max Bahnson, Prague: A Pisshead's Pub Guide, →ISBN, page 5:

Forms

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Deriveds

stock ticker · ticker symbol · news ticker · newsticker

Translations (3)

fr cocheur (birdwatcher) · fi pumppu ((colloquial) heart — see also heart) · hu ketyegő ((colloquial) heart — see also heart)