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Ticking
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ticking
ticking
English
Noun
ticking (plural tickings)
Translations
a strong cotton or linen fabric
Etymology 2
Noun
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
ticking
- present participle of tick
Derived terms
Etymology 3
tick (“tick mark”) + -ing (“having the property”).
Noun
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.
See also
- ticking in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.