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[ tik-ing ] / ˈtɪk ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR ticking ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna strong cotton fabric, usually twilled, used especially in making cloth ticks. a similar cloth in satin weave or Jacquard, used especially for mattress covers. Origin of tickingFirst recorded in 1635–45; tick3 + -ing1 Words nearby tickingticket scalper, ticket tout, tickety-boo, tickey, tick fever, ticking, ticklace, tickle, tickled pink, tickle one's fancy, tickler Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for tickingSo that was just a ticking time bomb until the Germans had to do something. How The Cold War Endgame Played Out In The Rubble Of The Berlin Wall|William O’Connor|November 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST He becomes increasingly paranoid by the societal fixtures around him—a ticking clock, a ringing phone. ‘Interstellar’ Is Wildly Ambitious, Very Flawed, and Absolutely Worth Seeing|Marlow Stern|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST He set about ticking the boxes required of any self-respecting plutocrat enthusiastically. The Zillionaires Who Lost Everything|Tom Sykes|October 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST A case could be made that Bynes was, in effect, a ticking time bomb. The Amanda Bynes Train Wreck Is Back Again, Following a New DUI Arrest|Kevin Fallon|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But in the background, a separate time-bomb is ticking for Israel. Bombing and Invading Gaza Is Israel’s Peace Plan|Rula Jebreal|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST She looked up at him a little doubtfully, and the clock went on ticking. Mitchelhurst Place, Vol. I (of 2)|Margaret Veley It took him almost five minutes to find it, and by the time he stepped toward it clocks were ticking urgently in his head. Pagan Passions|Gordon Randall Garrett As for Mazie, she was thrilled to the tips of her fingers by this place of ticking instruments, clanging gongs and leaping light. He remembered afterward how strangely this had impressed him: that he could hear the ticking of his own watch. The Heart of a Woman|Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy How still the house was: not a sound but the ticking of the clock in the hall and the rushing scamper of a rat or mouse.
British Dictionary definitions for ticking
nouna strong cotton fabric, often striped, used esp for mattress and pillow covers Word Origin for tickingC17: from tick ³ Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to tickingtap, beat, pulsate, clack, thump, ticktock |