Ticker
WordNet
noun
(1) A character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
(2) A small portable timepiece
(3) 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"
WiktionaryText
Noun
- 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.
- A stock ticker.
- I checked the prices on the ticker one last time before placing the trade.
- A news ticker.
- To my surprise, the ticker showed that the deal had already gone through.
- The heart.
- My ticker gave out and I had to go to the hospital for surgery.