Ticking meaning

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A strong, tightly woven fabric of cotton or linen used to make pillow and mattress coverings.
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Strong, heavy cloth, often striped, used for casings of mattresses, pillows, etc.
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A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
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A sound of something ticking.
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An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.
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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.
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Present participle of tick.
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Ticking Sentence Examples

  • The clock was ticking on the young man's stay.

  • Fully alert, he listened, but heard only night noises, the ticking of the hall clock, a slight breeze, the ever-present furnace rumbling heat to the old building.

  • His jaw was ticking, his eyes rimmed with red.

  • His jaw was clenched and ticking as the muscles jumped.

  • Dean sat a while longer, amid night sounds, the ticking clock, and the muffled ringing of Gladys Turnbull's alarm.

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