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Ticking   /tˈɪkɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Tick  v. t.  To check off by means of a tick or any small mark; to score. "When I had got all my responsibilities down upon my list, I compared each with the bill and ticked it off."


Tick  v. i.  
1.
To go on trust, or credit.
2.
To give tick; to trust.


Tick  v. i.  (past & past part. ticked; pres. part. ticking)  
1.
To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.
2.
To strike gently; to pat. "Stand not ticking and toying at the branches."


noun
Ticking  n.  A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; called also ticken.





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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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