clock app

English

Etymology

From the onomatopoeia tick-tock which represents the sound of a ticking analog clock, being a homophone of TikTok.

Proper noun

clock app

1. (Internet slang) The social media application TikTok.
   • 2022, Teri Anne Stanley, Charming Texas Cowboy‎^[1], Sourcebooks Casablanca:

     He seemed to be chewing on something as he considered her. “You going to put me on some TV show, or that Ticking Clock app?”
     “TikTok? No, but you might end up on YouTube if you’re okay with that.”

   • 2022, Jolene MacFadden, Authors-How to Brand You and Your Books‎^[2], Southern Dragon Publishing:

     TikTok is taking the social media platforms by storm. Each of the older ones are adding accommodations on their platforms to copy the style of posts that they need from their users. The ‘clock app’ has millions and millions of participants.

   • 2024, Danielle Sarver Coombs, Advertising in America: A Reference Handbook‎^[3], Bloomsbury Publishing:

     As shown in Figure 5.4, younger people are much more likely to be on TikTok multiple times a day, with 32 percent of that population selecting that option, while 87 percent of boomers are never on “the clock app.”

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see clock,‎ app.

See also

• bird app