Meanings
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 & antonyms
nounA line of text that moves across the lower part of a television screen or monitor, showing the latest news.
Translations
Finnish uutistikkeri
- uutistikkeridevice, used primarily in the 20th century
German Nachrichtenticker, Nachrichtenticker
- Nachrichtentickerdevice, used primarily in the 20th century
- Nachrichtentickerany device for displaying incoming news stories
Spanish cintillo noticioso
- cintillo noticiosodevice, used primarily in the 20th century
Swedish nyhetsticker
- nyhetstickerdevice, used primarily in the 20th century
Cite this entry
news ticker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/news%20ticker
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