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Ticking

noun

A metallic tapping sound. Synonym: tick.

A strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers.

Tick

verb

(past & past part. ticked; pres. part. ticking)

Make a clicking or ticking sound. Synonym: click.

Make a sound like a clock or a timer. Synonyms: beat, ticktack, ticktock. "The grandfather clock beat midnight"

Sew. Synonym: retick.

Put a check mark on or near or next to. Synonyms: check, check off, mark, mark off, tick off. "Tick off the items" , "Mark off the units"

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"Ticking" Quotes from Famous Books

... of all that has happened since, I still remember that vigil very distinctly: the black and silent observatory, the shadowed lantern throwing a feeble glow upon the floor in the corner, the steady ticking of the clockwork of the telescope, the little slit in the roof—an oblong profundity with the stardust streaked across it. Ogilvy moved about, invisible but audible. Looking through the telescope, one saw a circle ...

— The War of the Worlds • H. G. Wells

... Bessie, and wrote out a long telegram. In a minute she returned to Jake and Dolly, and the sound of the ticking telegraph instrument filled the station with ...

— The Camp Fire Girls on the March - Bessie King's Test of Friendship • Jane L. Stewart

... arose from within a ticking like the love-making of the grasshopper. The machine had begun, and a moving concatenation of three horses and the aforesaid long rickety machine was visible over the gate, a driver sitting upon one of the hauling horses, and an attendant on ...

— Tess of the d'Urbervilles - A Pure Woman • Thomas Hardy

... like the ticking of a watch, made by a small insect. It is considered a sign of death, and ...

— Welsh Folk-Lore - a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales • Elias Owen

... number one," continued Whiteside, ticking the item off on his fingers. "Item number two is Mr. Milburgh, an oleaginous gentleman who has been robbing the firm for years and has been living in style in the country on his ill-earned gains. From what he ...

— The Daffodil Mystery • Edgar Wallace

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