ticking definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a metallic ... sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" [syn: tick, ticking] 2: a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers ... v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ticked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.] 1 ... to beat. 2. To strike gently; to pat. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Ticking Tick"ing, n. [From Tick a bed cover. Cf. Ticken ... see tick Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Bed-ticking, tick, ticken.
ticking off definitions Collin's Cobuild Dictionary (tickings off) If you give someone a ticking off, you speak angrily to them because they have done something wrong. (BRIT INFORMAL) They got a ticking off from the police. = telling-off N-COUNT: usu sing
ticking bomb definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off" [syn: time bomb, ticking bomb]
... sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" [syn: tick, ticking] 2: any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with ... 4: a light mattress v 1: make a clicking or ticking sound; "The clock ticked away" [syn: click, tick] 2: make ... sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat ... a mattress consisting of a tick and its filling 2. ticking I III. noun Etymology: Middle English tek pat, light stroke ... tried to understand what made him tick > < the motor was ticking over quietly > transitive verb 1. to mark with a written ... to mark, count, or announce by or as if by ticking beats < a meter ticking off the cab fare > 3. ...
... run] Collin's Cobuild Dictionary 1. If an engine is ticking over, it is running at a low speed or rate ... using it. (BRIT) Very slowly he moved forward, the engine ticking over. = idle PHRASAL VERB: V P 2. If a person, system, or business is ticking over, they are working steadily, but not producing very much ... or making much progress. (BRIT) The market is at least ticking over... PHRASAL VERB: V P
... louse, deathwatch, Liposcelis divinatorius] 2: bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death [syn: deathwatch beetle, deathwatch ... noun Etymology: death + watch (timepiece); from the superstition that its ticking presages death Date: 1646 a small insect that makes a ticking sound; especially deathwatch beetle II. noun Etymology: death + watch (vigil ... By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each ...
... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock [syn: ticktock, tocktact, tictac ... sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: imitative Date: 1848 the ticking sound of a clock
... sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight" [syn: tick, ticktock, ticktack, beat ... tictac noun Etymology: reduplication of tick Date: 1549 1. a ticking or tapping beat like that of a clock or watch ... Webster's 1913 Dictionary Ticktack Tick"tack`, adv. With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
... v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ticked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.] 1 ... to beat. 2. To strike gently; to pat. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer.
... s noun Date: 1821 something that ticks or produces a ticking sound: as a. watch b. (1) a telegraphic receiving instrument ... Tick.] One who, or that which, ticks, or produces a ticking sound, as a watch or clock, a telegraphic sounder, etc ...
... ing/n, also V P n (not pron) see also ticking off 3. If you say that something ticks you off ... INFORMAL) I just think it's rude and it's ticking me off... She's still ticked off at him for ...
... is a demographic time bomb"; "the refugee camp is a ticking bomb waiting to go off" [syn: time bomb, ticking bomb] 2: a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that ...