<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a telegraphic receiving instrument that automatically prints stock prices, market reports, etc., on a paper tape.</li><li>a person or thing that ticks.</li><li>Slang: a watch.</li><li>Slang: the heart.</li></ul><p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to form by heating and hammering; beat into shape.</li><li>to form or make, especially by concentrated effort: to forge a friendship through mutual trust.</li><li>Synonyms: pirate, falsify, fake, counterfeit, build, create, mold, found, cast.</li><li>to imitate (handwriting, a signature, etc.) fraudulently; fabricate a forgery.</li><li>(used without object) to commit forgery.</li><li>to work at a forge.</li><li>(of a horse at a trot) to strike the forefeet with the shoes of the hind feet.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a special fireplace, hearth, or furnace in which metal is heated before shaping.</li><li>the workshop of a blacksmith; smithy.</li></ul>