Synonyms for ticker
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : tik-er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtɪk ər |
Top 10 synonyms for ticker Other synonyms for the word ticker
- analog watch
- atom bomb
- Big Ben
- bombshell
- cardiac organ
- charge
- chroniker
- chronograph
- chronometer
- clock
- digital watch
- grenade
- hourglass
- hydrogen bomb
- metronome
- Molotov cocktail
- nuclear bomb
- pendulum
- pocket watch
- shell
- stopwatch
- sundial
- tattler
- tick-tock
- ticker
- timekeeper
- timemarker
- timer
- turnip
- vascular organ
- watch
Définition of ticker
Origin :- 1821, "something that ticks," from tick (2); slang meaning "heart" first recorded 1930. Ticker tape (1902) is from ticker "telegraphic device for recording stock market quotations, etc." (1883).
- As in watch : noun clock worn on body
- As in bomb : noun exploding weapon
- As in clock : noun timekeeping device
- As in heart : noun blood-pumping organ in an animate being
- He'd just taken it off the ticker when we found him in Fouts's place there.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- The crowd surged about the ticker, and their voices came as from afar.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- “You might give me credit for returning your ticker,” she said in abused tone.
- Extract from : « Penny of Top Hill Trail » by Belle Kanaris Maniates
- A knot of gentlemen are chatting about the ticker; some more are watching the board.
- Extract from : « Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 » by Various
- But, no doubt, the most significant object in the office was the ticker.
- Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris
- Again the ticker buzzed like a mad hornet, and again the devil's teeth snapped.
- Extract from : « Uncle Terry » by Charles Clark Munn
- I say, Bill, I've got his ticker: pull his precious nob off!
- Extract from : « Gallery of Comicalities » by Robert Cruikshank
- I had to wait till he sobered up before I give him his ticker.
- Extract from : « Contemporary One-Act Plays » by Sir James M. Barrie
- About a ticker only the three or four lucky ones can see the tape.
- Extract from : « Of All Things » by Robert C. Benchley
- The spinning tack-tack of the ticker was always in his ears.
- Extract from : « Making Money » by Owen Johnson
Antonyms for ticker
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