ticker tape
1
8.7
- noun
- /ˈtɪkər teɪp/
- Archaic
:
cinta de papel
- During his speech, the president acknowledged the historic ticker tape parades for heroes in New York City.
- ticker-tape parade
But that message, when you type that message, the ticker tape would go from the compute the, the ticker tape machine teleprinter to the other side of the world.
- But that message, when you type that message, the ticker tape would go from the compute the, the ticker tape machine teleprinter to the other side of the world.
Examples
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For brief periods in 1989, entire businesses and public offices were emptied as employees left for their brokers' offices to watch ticker tapes.
Academic text (1991) -
But that message, when you type that message, the ticker tape would go from the compute the, the ticker tape machine teleprinter to the other side of the world.
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Sit around his stockbroker's office, watching the ticker tape?
Fiction book (1998) -
Sanitation workers in Manhattan were sweeping up Neil Armstrong's ticker tape.
Fiction book (2001) -
His colleagues couldn't decide whether the chueh-pat was a religious gathering, a political ceremony, or just a ticker-tape parade without the marching and littering.
Fiction book (2001) -
I WANT YOU TO CHECK THE NUMBERS ON THE TICKER TAPE AND I’LL GET BACK TO YOU AT 7:00.
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The stock prices were rapidly changing on the ticker tape as traders watched closely.
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As I glanced at the ticker tape, I noted that shares of my favorite company were rising.
Synonyms
1
3.5
A long narrow strip of paper used to record numbers or data
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound's meaning is directly compositional: 'ticker' (a continuously scrolling band showing prices/headlines) + 'tape' (a strip) yields a strip/band that displays scrolling real-time information. This follows ordinary noun+noun compounding patterns and is readily derivable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Ticker tape comes from old machines on the stock market that printed prices on a long paper strip. The machines made a quick 'tick' sound, so people called them tickers, and the paper strip was the tape, so ticker tape meant the paper that showed 'stock prices'.