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1. [informal] The hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body
   "he stood still, his ticker thumping wildly";
   - heart, pump
    
2. [informal] A small portable timepiece
   - watch
    
3. A character printer that automatically prints stock quotations on ticker tape
   - stock ticker

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