ticking
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɪkɪŋ
Etymology 1[edit]
tick (“sheet, cover”) + -ing (“material, collection”).
Noun[edit]
ticking (plural tickings)
Translations[edit]
a strong cotton or linen fabric
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
ticking (plural tickings)
- A sound of something ticking.
- Laman Blanchard, The Frolics of Time
- Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!
- Laman Blanchard, The Frolics of Time
- An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.
Verb[edit]
ticking
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
tick (“tick mark”) + -ing (“having the property”).
Noun[edit]
ticking (plural tickings)
- A marking that occurs on some horses. It involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano. Sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.