Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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ticker

/ˈtɪkə(ɹ)/ noun

Forms tickers

  1. noun One who makes a tick mark.
  2. noun A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur. “The ticker was showing an increased rate of flow.”
  3. noun A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen. “I checked the prices on the ticker one last time before placing the trade.”
  4. noun (slang) A heart, especially a human one. “My ticker gave out and I had to go to the hospital for surgery.”
  5. noun (slang) A watch (timepiece).
  6. noun (birdwatching, slang) A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.
  7. noun A beer drinker who aims to try as many different beers as possible and keeps a record of all the beers they have drunk.

Synonyms

heart pump watch stock ticker

Etymology

From tick + -er.

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc. Ticker tape Tape from or designed to be used in a stock ticker, usu. of paper and being narrow but long.

Etymology [See Tick.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “ticker”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details