1. [informal] The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
   "His ticker was still going strong at age 90";
   - heart, pump
    
2. A character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
   "Before digital displays, investors would watch the stock ticker for real-time market updates";
   - stock ticker
    
3. [informal] A small portable timepiece
   "He wound up his old ticker every morning";
   - watch

Derived forms: tickers

Type of: character printer, character-at-a-time printer, horologe [archaic], internal organ, serial printer, timekeeper, timepiece, viscus

Part of: cardiovascular system, circulatory system

Encyclopedia: Ticker