ticking
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ticking¹
- /ˈtɪkɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪkɪŋ
noun tickings
- A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses. Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.
ticking²
- /ˈtɪkɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪkɪŋ
noun tickings
- A sound of something that ticks. (For example, the second hand on a clock face.) Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!
- An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.
verb
- present participle and gerund of tick a ticking time bomb
ticking³
- /ˈtɪkɪŋ/
Rhymes with -ɪkɪŋ
Where it comes from
From tick (“tick mark”) + -ing (“having the property”).
noun tickings
- A marking that occurs on some horses, involving white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano, sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: canvas, crossing, painting, press, clicking, tick-tock, turning, marking, retardation, noise, dialing, time, enabled, delayed, checking, timely
Translations
Every language
noun a strong cotton or linen fabric
| Español | terliz |
|---|---|
| Italiano | traliccio, vergatino |
| Ελληνικά | στρωματσόπανο stromatsópano |
| Русский | тик tik |
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title = {ticking},
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