ticker-tape parade

American  

[tik-er-teyp] / ˈtɪk ərˌteɪp /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of ticker-tape parade

From the former practice of using ticker tapes

Example Sentences

The ticker remained an indispensable investing tool into the 1970s, but the ticker-tape parade outlasted it.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

From BBC

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.”

From Seattle Times

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.

From Salon