Ticking
['tɪkɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Tick
(n.) A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also ticken.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Bed-ticking, tick.
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Examples
- There was an old clock ticking loudly somewhere in the passage, but otherwise everything was deadly still. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- They stood there so still, gazing upon her, that even the ticking of the watch seemed too loud. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The silence that followed was so intense that the faint ticking nibble of the white mice at their wires was distinctly audible where I stood. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- At length, the steady ticking of the undisturbed clock on the wall tormented me to that degree that I resolved to go to bed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- There was no reply; so Mr. Pickwick sat down unbidden, and listened to the loud ticking of the clock and the murmured conversation of the clerks. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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