newscrawl

See also: news crawl

English

Etymology

news +‎ crawl

Noun

newscrawl (usually uncountable, plural newscrawls)

1. Alternative form of news crawl
   • 1997, Steve Perry, Ed Solomon, Men in Black, page 182:

     Jay looked at a clock, then at a newscrawl on a building ticker.

   • 2007, Brendan DuBois, Twilight, page 12:

     ...my eyes couldn't focus on the newscrawl at the bottom of the screen...

   • 2007, Broadcasting & Cable, volume 137, numbers 27-34:

     But when the show satirized Fox News Channel — specifically, its often sensationalist newscrawl — Groening says they got spanked and are “forbidden” from taking further swipes at the network

Synonyms

• newsticker