Phrase guide

marching ants

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An animated dotted line indicating which portion of an image is currently selected.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: computing, engineering, graphical-user-interface, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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noun

Meaning 2

An animated map of the positions of racecars on a racetrack.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, motor-racing, racing, sports

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History

Etymology

From the ant-like appearance of the moving dots.