TICKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ticker mean? 

• TICKER (noun)
  The noun TICKER has 3 senses:

1. the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body

2. a small portable timepiece

3. a character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape

  Familiarity information: TICKER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TICKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

heart; pump; ticker

Context example:

he stood still, his heart thumping wildly

Hypernyms ("ticker" is a kind of...):

internal organ; viscus (a main organ that is situated inside the body)

Meronyms (parts of "ticker"):

arteria coronaria; coronary artery (the artery that branches from the aorta to supply blood to the heart)

cardiac muscle; heart muscle (the muscle tissue of the heart; adapted to continued rhythmic contraction)

cardiac valve; heart valve (a valve to control one-way flow of blood)

valve (a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ticker"):

athlete's heart (enlarged heart commonly found among athletes trained for endurance)

biauriculate heart (a heart (as of mammals and birds and reptiles) having two auricles)

Holonyms ("ticker" is a part of...):

cardiovascular system; circulatory system (the organs and tissues involved in circulating blood and lymph through the body)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small portable timepiece

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ticker; watch

Hypernyms ("ticker" is a kind of...):

horologe; timekeeper; timepiece (a measuring instrument or device for keeping time)

Meronyms (parts of "ticker"):

movement (the driving and regulating parts of a mechanism (as of a watch or clock))

face (the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object))

watch case (the metal case in which the works of a watch are housed)

crystal; watch crystal; watch glass (a protective cover that protects the face of a watch)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ticker"):

analog watch (a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial)

digital watch (a watch with a digital display)

hunter; hunting watch (a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal)

pendulum watch ((18th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it)

pocket watch (a watch that is carried in a small watch pocket)

stem-winder (a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem)

wrist watch; wristwatch (a watch that is worn strapped to the wrist)

Derivation:

tick (make a sound like a clock or a timer)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

stock ticker; ticker

Hypernyms ("ticker" is a kind of...):

character-at-a-time printer; character printer; serial printer (a printer that prints a single character at a time)