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ticker tape

ticker tape

5.3
A horizontal electronic display that shows live news or stock prices
  • noun
  • /ˈtɪkər teɪp/
  • Specialized
translation icon : pantalla de información
  • During the victory celebration, the city held a parade featuring a ticker tape that displayed congratulatory messages.

Examples

  • She watched the ticker tape on the news channel to keep up with the latest stock prices.

  • She watched the ticker tape go by on the bottom of the TV news channel.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • I don't know how exciting this is, but this is a ticker tape and they weren't brown.

  • Investors rely on the ticker tape for real-time updates on market trends and stock performance.

Synonyms

ticker
vsticker tape
  • Literature
16 4.6

A moving line of short headlines and stock prices on a screen

is similar but can be any continuous horizontal electronic display
stock ticker
vsticker tape
  • Specialized
1 4.3

A machine or screen that shows live stock prices and financial data

is broader, showing different live items like headlines or scores, not only financial data

Surface Forms

ticker tape singular
ticker tapes plural

Morphology

ticker + tape

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 now also means a thin line of words that moves across a screen. This image comes from the old paper strips that rolled out of machines, so the modern moving display looks like the old ticker tape and shows live 'prices' or 'headlines'.