tick-tock

See also: ticktock and tick tock

English

Verb

tick-tock (third-person singular simple present tick-tocks, present participle tick-tocking, simple past and past participle tick-tocked)

1. To make continual clicking sounds like those of an analog clock.

Translations

make clicking sounds

• French: tictaquer (fr)
• German: ticken (de)
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• Russian: тикать (ru) impf (tikatʹ), тикают n pl or impf (tikajut)
• Spanish: tictaquear

Interjection

tick-tock

1. Clicking sounds like those of an analog clock.

Translations

make clicking sounds

• German: ticktack (de)
• Russian: тик-так (ru) (tik-tak)
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• Vietnamese: tích tắc (vi)