"ticker" meaning in English

See ticker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɪkə(ɹ)/ Audio: En-au-ticker.ogg [Australia] Forms: tickers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: From tick + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|tick|-er|text=+|tree=1}} From tick + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ticker (plural tickers)
  1. One who makes a tick mark. Translations ((colloquial) heart — see also heart): pumppu (Finnish), ketyegő (Hungarian)
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  2. A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
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  3. A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
    Sense id: en-ticker-en-noun-iMsZQRi0
  4. (slang) A heart, especially a human one. Tags: slang
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  5. (slang) A watch (timepiece). Tags: slang
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  6. (birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible. Tags: slang Translations (birdwatcher): cocheur [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-ticker-en-noun-U-0L896M Categories (other): Birdwatching Topics: biology, birdwatching, natural-sciences, ornithology Disambiguation of 'birdwatcher': 9 1 6 0 1 78 5
  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.
    Sense id: en-ticker-en-noun-MZY9EN8F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: newsticker, news ticker, stock ticker, ticker symbol

Inflected forms

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