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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



... the unwelcome, old-fashioned remedy that night. He slipped away early—presumably to bed. Janice was not long in going to her room; but she did not lie down to sleep. When the house was dead-still, all save the mice in the walls and the solemn ticking of the hall clock, the girl arose ...
— The Mission of Janice Day • Helen Beecher Long
... life-belt may be made of holland, ticking, canvas, or similar materials, in the following manner, and might be used with advantage by the crew of a vessel aground some way from the mainland, who are about to swim for their lives:—Cut out two complete rings, of 16 ...
— The Art of Travel - Shifts and Contrivances Available in Wild Countries • Francis Galton
... no sound in the house save the ticking of an invisible clock. It might have been a place bewitched, so intense and so uncanny was the silence, broken only by that grim ticking that sounded somehow as if it had gone on exactly the ...
— The Keeper of the Door • Ethel M. Dell
... quiet game for the schoolroom. A loud ticking clock is necessary for the game. All of the pupils are sent from the room. One of their number is selected to hide the clock. The others, upon coming back, try to locate it by its ticking. The one succeeding has the privilege of next hiding ...
— School, Church, and Home Games • George O. Draper
... of heavy silence and expectation passed over them. The howl of a distant watch-dog was heard, and all was again still. The low, monotonous ticking of the great clock at the head of the gallery made the silence still more oppressive. It seemed to be measuring ...
— The Golden Dog - Le Chien d'Or • William Kirby


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