news ticker
news ticker noun: a device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed out incoming news stories on paper tape.
Noun
news ticker (plural news tickers)
- A device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed out incoming news stories on paper tape.
- Supplementing the quotation tickers are the news tickers. These operate on the same principle as the former, but print current news having stock market value on a band of paper about six inches wide.1929, Alliston Cragg, Understanding the stock market: a handbook for the investor
- Any device for displaying incoming news stories.
- My new cell phone has a news ticker feature.
- A line of text that moves across the lower part of a television screen or monitor, showing the latest news.
- Synonyms:
- news crawl
Synonyms of news ticker
Forms of news ticker
| plural | news tickers |
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Questions about news ticker
- What does news ticker mean?
- News ticker means a device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed out incoming news stories on paper tape.
- What part of speech is news ticker?
- News ticker is a noun.
- What is the plural of news ticker?
- The plural of news ticker is news tickers.
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