tick-overn.

Etymology: < verbal phrase to tick over: see tick v.¹ 2d.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtick-over.

1. The running of an internal combustion engine while out of gear or at a low rate of revolutions. Cf. ticking-over n. at ticking n.¹ 5.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > idling

tick-over1931

ticking-over1972

1931 Flight 2 Oct. 990/2 All engines were tested on a hangar with a propeller fitted before going away, for opening and for tick-over.

1960 Times 27 Sept. 5/3 The tick-over is inevitably ‘lumpy’ and uneven.

1981 P. O'Donnell Xanadu Talisman iii. 60 The tick-over became a roar as a motor was revved.

2. attributive, as tick-over speed.

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1965 P. H. Smith High-speed Two-stroke Petrol Engine x. 212 The engine is..idling at tick-over speed.

1978 Country Life 10 Aug. 393/1 A Mercedez-Benz dieselcar..at tickover speeds..almost runs on pure air.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	tick-over
释义	tick-overn. Etymology: < verbal phrase to tick over: see tick v.¹ 2d.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtick-over. 1. The running of an internal combustion engine while out of gear or at a low rate of revolutions. Cf. ticking-over n. at ticking n.¹ 5. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > internal-combustion engine > [noun] > idling tick-over1931 ticking-over1972 1931 Flight 2 Oct. 990/2 All engines were tested on a hangar with a propeller fitted before going away, for opening and for tick-over. 1960 Times 27 Sept. 5/3 The tick-over is inevitably ‘lumpy’ and uneven. 1981 P. O'Donnell Xanadu Talisman iii. 60 The tick-over became a roar as a motor was revved. 2. attributive, as tick-over speed. ΚΠ 1965 P. H. Smith High-speed Two-stroke Petrol Engine x. 212 The engine is..idling at tick-over speed. 1978 Country Life 10 Aug. 393/1 A Mercedez-Benz dieselcar..at tickover speeds..almost runs on pure air. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1931
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