tick tock

See also: ticktock and tick-tock

English

Etymology

Onomatopoeia based on tick.

Interjection

tick tock

1. The sound of a ticking clock.

Derived terms

• tick-tock model

Translations

sound of a ticking clock

• French: tic-tac (fr)
• Hungarian: tik-tak
• Italian: tic tac, tictac
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• Maori: tatetate
• Spanish: tictac, tic tac, tic-tac

Noun

tick tock (plural tick tocks)

1. The sound of a ticking clock.
2. (journalism) A step-by-step account of an event or timeline.