noun.
A telegraphic instrument that receives news reports and prints them on paper tape.
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Any of various devices that receive and display similar information, such as stock market quotations, electronically.
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A watch.
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The heart.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Something which ticks, or makes a slight repeated sound.
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A telegraphic instrument, especially a stock indicator (which see, under indicator).
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A cribbing horse.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc.
noun.
A telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints off stock quotations (stock ticker), market report, or other news on a paper ribbon or “tape.”
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an electronic instrument receiving information by transmision from a remote source and displaying it in readable fashion, not necessarily on paper tape (e.g. on a video display terminal or moving ribbon of electronically controlled lights).