Definition of "ticker" []

• A telegraphic instrument that receives news reports and prints them on paper tape. (noun)
• Any of various devices that receive and display similar information, such as stock market quotations, electronically. (noun)
• Slang A watch. (noun)
• Slang The heart. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "CNN please tell that Gary Davis from Oregon that this ticker is about New York and not Obama."
• "This ticker is the kind of forum Bill is talking about."
• "Every other article on the ticker is your favorite punching bag."