tickern.³

Brit.

/ˈtɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈtɪkər/

Etymology: < tick v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

1. Something that ticks.

a. The pendulum or escapement of a clock or watch; also (slang) a watch (rarely, as in quot. 1910, a clock).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun]

clock1559

pocket watch?1576

watch1590

munter1594

tattler1688

loge1699

yack1789

thimble1819

ticker1821

toy1826

super1857

kettle1889

the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > pendulum clock > pendulum

pendule1660

pendulum1660

simple pendulum1673

bob-pendulum1685

swing1696

quicksilver pendulum1726

pendle1741

gridiron pendulum1751

mercurial pendulum1786

gridiron1793

wanrest1794

seconds pendulum1795

conical pendulum1813

ticker1821

noddy1844

1821 Sonnets for Fancy in P. Egan Boxiana III. App. 622 To nail the ticker [note watch]..or to mill the cly.

1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xxv. 204 The other [man] went to and fro like the ticker of a clock.

1829 W. Maginn in tr. E. F. Vidocq et al. Mem. IV. App. 261 Then his ticker I set a-going, With his onions, chain, and key.

1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xviii. 304 If you don't take fogles and tickers..some other cove will.

1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch xxviii I've sold all my jewels down to my ticker.

1910 Contemp. Rev. July 36 Secreting a copy of Keats behind the ticker.

b. A telegraphic recording instrument, a tape-machine; a stock-indicator.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > prices of stocks and shares > recording of prices or dealings > instrument recording variations

ticker1883

stock-ticker1886

stock-indicator1891

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of > recording telegraphs

telegraph register1845

Morse1867

recorder1867

nicker1871

ink-writer1876

inker1882

ticker1883

news ticker1887

tape-machine1891

synchronograph1897

tape-ticker1904

undulator1910

reperforator1913

1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius (1892) 173 A couple of wheels that unwound..long strips of white paper..covered with unintelligible signs. ‘That is the ticker’, said Barker; and he explained how every variation in the market was instantly transmitted to every place of business..in New York.

1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius (1892) 174 ‘It [the ticker] is the pulse of New York’, said Barker... ‘It tells us everything. Nobody can live here without a ticker’.

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Jan. 7/2 In New York..news agency ‘tickers’, messenger calls, private as well as public telephones, burglar and fire alarms,..are to be found in all well appointed offices.

1896 Proc. N. Eng. Hist. Genealog. Soc. 158 With Edison in 1870 he [F. L. Pope] invented the one-wire printing telegraph or ‘ticker’.

1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 542/2 Stock and general news tickers..reporting bad news.

c. slang (originally U.S.). The heart; also U.S. and Australian, courage, spirit, ‘guts’. Cf. heart n. 11.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [noun]

hearteOE

spirita1382

fierceness1490

stomach?1529

spritec1540

fire1579

mettle1581

rage1590

brave-spiritednessa1617

lion-heart1667

game1747

spunk1773

pluck1785

gameness1810

ginger1836

pluckiness1846

gimp1901

ticker1930

cojones1932

the world > life > the body > vascular system > heart > [noun]

hearteOE

panter1673

throbber1828

blood pump1898

ticker1930

1930 J. Lait Big House 7 Because the heart is a ‘ticker’.

1935 D. Runyon Money from Home 87 I never see a guy with more ticker than Shamus.

1950 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 149/1 Then I leapt to my feet, and the sight that met my eyes made the old ticker miss more beats than it had done when Martin clamped his gun on the back of my neck.

1979 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 4 Nov. 54/1 The lady has ticker... She didn't opt for the soft life.

1980 J. Cartwright Horse of Darius viii. 106 Put something at the bottom about your heart. Say, ‘The ticker seems to be a little dodgy at the moment.’

2. Someone who ticks off items in a list, etc.; spec. = twitcher n. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > bird-watching > one who > who ticks off a list

ticker1980

1980 Guardian 25 June 12/5 ‘Twitchers’ or ‘tickers’—the serious ornithologists' somewhat disparaging term for those bird watchers whose main interest in their hobby is adding new species to their lists.

1982 Birds Spring 70/2 Bird tickers contribute little to the well being of the environment and often do little but disturb it.

Compounds

ticker tape n. the paper strip on which telegraphic messages are recorded in a tape-machine; this or similar paper material thrown from windows as a form of greeting for a celebrity; also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > other tokens of

palmOE

peal1509

illumination1797

feu de joie1801

confetti1815

street decoration1846

piñata1868

Venetian mast1883

serpentin1894

ticker tape1902

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > ticker-tape

tape1884

ticker tape1902

1902 H. L. Wilson Spenders 407 For two days he clung to the ticker tape as to a life line.

1922 M. B. Houston Witch-man xiv. 194 He has all the hilarious charm of a piece of ticker tape.

1957 Listener 10 Oct. 556/1 A traditional ticker-tape reception is to be accorded.

1972 D. E. Westlake Cops & Robbers (1973) x. 135 The Wall Street ticker-tape parade is a tradition.

1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. iii. 51 On the afternoon of the second day, the ticker-tape carried a story that President Truman had said that General MacArthur, supreme commander in Korea, had the authority to use the nuclear weapon there, without reference to the President.

1980 L. St. Clair Obsessions ii. 48 Tomorrow's ticker-tape welcome to Commander Richard E. Byrd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ticker
释义	† tickern.¹ Etymology: < tick v.³ + -er suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. A cribbing horse, a crib-biter. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [noun] > wind-sucking or crib-biting > horse given to tickerc1721 crib-biter1809 wind-sucker1825 c1721 W. Gibson True Method dieting Horses v. 84 While they do this, they give a Belch through their throat, which is that which we call Ticking. Some Horses Tick upon the Trench; and some..upon any Post or Rail they can come at..and because it is sometimes communicated by example, a Ticker ought therefore to stand by himself. 1796 J. Lawrence Philos. & Pract. Treat. Horses I. iv. 218 The crib-biter, formerly called a ticker... These horses will stand biting at the rack, or manger, or even at a post, throwing themselves backward, and sucking in the air with greediness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2021). tickern.² Etymology: ? < tick v.² + -er suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈticker. slang. ? Obsolete. ? One who obtains goods ‘on tick’ and never pays for them; a fraudulent debtor. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > [noun] > debtor debtorc1290 yielder1340 borrowerc1440 ower?c1475 debitor1483 redevable1502 creditee1541 Dr.1663 ticker1753 1753 (title) The Thief-Catcher..Containing an ample Discovery of the..Frauds now practised by Highwaymen, Tickers, Gypsies, Horse-stealers [etc.]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019). tickern.³ Brit. /ˈtɪkə/, U.S. /ˈtɪkər/ Etymology: < tick v.¹ + -er suffix¹. 1. Something that ticks. a. The pendulum or escapement of a clock or watch; also (slang) a watch (rarely, as in quot. 1910, a clock). ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > watch > [noun] clock1559 pocket watch?1576 watch1590 munter1594 tattler1688 loge1699 yack1789 thimble1819 ticker1821 toy1826 super1857 kettle1889 the world > time > instruments for measuring time > clock > [noun] > pendulum clock > pendulum pendule1660 pendulum1660 simple pendulum1673 bob-pendulum1685 swing1696 quicksilver pendulum1726 pendle1741 gridiron pendulum1751 mercurial pendulum1786 gridiron1793 wanrest1794 seconds pendulum1795 conical pendulum1813 ticker1821 noddy1844 1821 Sonnets for Fancy in P. Egan Boxiana III. App. 622 To nail the ticker [note watch]..or to mill the cly. 1828 D. M. Moir Life Mansie Wauch xxv. 204 The other [man] went to and fro like the ticker of a clock. 1829 W. Maginn in tr. E. F. Vidocq et al. Mem. IV. App. 261 Then his ticker I set a-going, With his onions, chain, and key. 1838 C. Dickens Oliver Twist I. xviii. 304 If you don't take fogles and tickers..some other cove will. 1888 H. R. Haggard Col. Quaritch xxviii I've sold all my jewels down to my ticker. 1910 Contemp. Rev. July 36 Secreting a copy of Keats behind the ticker. b. A telegraphic recording instrument, a tape-machine; a stock-indicator. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > prices of stocks and shares > recording of prices or dealings > instrument recording variations ticker1883 stock-ticker1886 stock-indicator1891 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph > [noun] > types of > recording telegraphs telegraph register1845 Morse1867 recorder1867 nicker1871 ink-writer1876 inker1882 ticker1883 news ticker1887 tape-machine1891 synchronograph1897 tape-ticker1904 undulator1910 reperforator1913 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius (1892) 173 A couple of wheels that unwound..long strips of white paper..covered with unintelligible signs. ‘That is the ticker’, said Barker; and he explained how every variation in the market was instantly transmitted to every place of business..in New York. 1883 F. M. Crawford Dr. Claudius (1892) 174 ‘It [the ticker] is the pulse of New York’, said Barker... ‘It tells us everything. Nobody can live here without a ticker’. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Jan. 7/2 In New York..news agency ‘tickers’, messenger calls, private as well as public telephones, burglar and fire alarms,..are to be found in all well appointed offices. 1896 Proc. N. Eng. Hist. Genealog. Soc. 158 With Edison in 1870 he [F. L. Pope] invented the one-wire printing telegraph or ‘ticker’. 1902 Munsey's Mag. 26 542/2 Stock and general news tickers..reporting bad news. c. slang (originally U.S.). The heart; also U.S. and Australian, courage, spirit, ‘guts’. Cf. heart n. 11. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > spirit > [noun] hearteOE spirita1382 fierceness1490 stomach?1529 spritec1540 fire1579 mettle1581 rage1590 brave-spiritednessa1617 lion-heart1667 game1747 spunk1773 pluck1785 gameness1810 ginger1836 pluckiness1846 gimp1901 ticker1930 cojones1932 the world > life > the body > vascular system > heart > [noun] hearteOE panter1673 throbber1828 blood pump1898 ticker1930 1930 J. Lait Big House 7 Because the heart is a ‘ticker’. 1935 D. Runyon Money from Home 87 I never see a guy with more ticker than Shamus. 1950 Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 149/1 Then I leapt to my feet, and the sight that met my eyes made the old ticker miss more beats than it had done when Martin clamped his gun on the back of my neck. 1979 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 4 Nov. 54/1 The lady has ticker... She didn't opt for the soft life. 1980 J. Cartwright Horse of Darius viii. 106 Put something at the bottom about your heart. Say, ‘The ticker seems to be a little dodgy at the moment.’ 2. Someone who ticks off items in a list, etc.; spec. = twitcher n. 5. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > zoology > study of specific types of animal > [noun] > birds > bird-watching > one who > who ticks off a list ticker1980 1980 Guardian 25 June 12/5 ‘Twitchers’ or ‘tickers’—the serious ornithologists' somewhat disparaging term for those bird watchers whose main interest in their hobby is adding new species to their lists. 1982 Birds Spring 70/2 Bird tickers contribute little to the well being of the environment and often do little but disturb it. Compounds ticker tape n. the paper strip on which telegraphic messages are recorded in a tape-machine; this or similar paper material thrown from windows as a form of greeting for a celebrity; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > [noun] > other tokens of palmOE peal1509 illumination1797 feu de joie1801 confetti1815 street decoration1846 piñata1868 Venetian mast1883 serpentin1894 ticker tape1902 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > ticker-tape tape1884 ticker tape1902 1902 H. L. Wilson Spenders 407 For two days he clung to the ticker tape as to a life line. 1922 M. B. Houston Witch-man xiv. 194 He has all the hilarious charm of a piece of ticker tape. 1957 Listener 10 Oct. 556/1 A traditional ticker-tape reception is to be accorded. 1972 D. E. Westlake Cops & Robbers (1973) x. 135 The Wall Street ticker-tape parade is a tradition. 1976 H. Wilson Governance of Brit. iii. 51 On the afternoon of the second day, the ticker-tape carried a story that President Truman had said that General MacArthur, supreme commander in Korea, had the authority to use the nuclear weapon there, without reference to the President. 1980 L. St. Clair Obsessions ii. 48 Tomorrow's ticker-tape welcome to Commander Richard E. Byrd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1721n.²1753n.³1821
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