TICKER-TAPE PARADE Definition & Meaning

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ticker-tape parade

[ tik-er-teyp ]

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noun

a parade honoring a visiting dignitary, hero, or the like in which confetti, shredded newspapers, or the like are showered into the streets from buildings along the parade route.

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Origin of ticker-tape parade¹

From the former practice of using ticker tapes

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Broadway: This is the Manhattan street where the Mets had a grand ticker-tape parade after winning the 1969 World Series in Shea Stadium.

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Later she was given a ticker-tape parade in New York and was decorated by US President Eisenhower.

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The memorable lead that followed: “Only a grinch cavils when, in a burst of hometown boosterism, the mayor of New York says with a straight face that 3.5 million people turned out for the Yankees’ ticker-tape parade.”

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So we'll have to wait a bit for James to get her virtual ticker-tape parade for kicking the most hated man in New York real estate out of town.

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The team didn’t go to the White House after winning the title - but got a ticker-tape parade in New York City.

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