ticktock

ticktock
noun
steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock
Syn: ↑tocktact, ↑tictac
Hypernyms: ↑tick, ↑ticking
verb
make a sound like a clock or a timer
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the clocks were ticking

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the grandfather clock beat midnight

Syn: ↑tick, ↑ticktack, ↑beat
Derivationally related forms: ↑beat (for: ↑beat), ↑tick (for: ↑tick), ↑ticker (for: ↑tick), ↑ticking (for: ↑tick)
Hypernyms: ↑sound, ↑go
Verb Frames:
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/tik"tok'/, n.
1. an alternating ticking sound, as that made by a clock.
v.i.
2. to emit or produce a ticking sound, like that of a clock.
Also, tictoc.
[1840-50; imit.]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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