ADJ.
certain, dingy, full, inside, loud, old, silent, still
VERB + TICKING
alarm, figure, heard, like
TICKING + NOUN
clock, timebomb, wall
PREP.
on
ADV.
only
noun
A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.
noun
A sound of something that ticks. (For example, the second hand on a clock face.)
Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!
The combination of “monotony” and “variety,” which keeps the writer in a trance-like state between sleep and wake, is then characterized by the figure of a ticking watch: “If certain sensitive persons listen persistently to the ticking of a watch [...] they fall into the hypnotic trance; and rhythm is but the ticking of a watch made softer, that one must needs listen, and various, that one may not be swept beyond memory or grow weary of listening” (1961: 159).
An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.
noun
A marking that occurs on some horses, involving 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.
noun — a metallic tapping sound
To be tough; to have endurance; to have the capacity to absorb stress or damage, but still be able to function.
How am I supposed to knock these other guys off. My wild card is nothing but defensive. I take a licking and keep on ticking. Big whoop.
Time is running out; a deadline is approaching.
Near-synonym: tick-tock (interjection)
Synonym of clock is ticking.
Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.
WiktionaryWere they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!
WiktionaryThe combination of “monotony” and “variety,” which keeps the writer in a trance-like state between sleep and wake, is then characterized by the figure of a ticking watch: “If certain sensitive persons
WiktionaryThe only sound to be heard was the ticking of the clock.
Tatoeba · #320095It's only when I can't sleep at night that the ticking of the clock becomes loud enough to bother me.
Tatoeba · #324032The ticket clerk found baggage placed under a bench in the hall, and the ticking sound inside it made him worried.
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