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ticking

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tick·ing  (tkng)
n.
A strong, tightly woven fabric of cotton or linen used to make pillow and mattress coverings.
ticking
Noun
a strong cotton fabric, often striped, used esp. for mattress and pillow covers [probably from Middle Dutch tīke]
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Noun1.tickingticking - a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"
tick
sound - the sudden occurrence of an audible event; "the sound awakened them"
ticktock, tictac, tocktact - steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock
2.ticking - a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"


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You hear the ticking of his watch; his breath you do not hear.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
It flew from right to left, and back again, almost in one ticking of a watch, and every instant seemed on the point of snapping into splinters.
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
Indeed, it seemed impossible for either of us to remain much longer in the house; the fall of coals in the kitchen grate, the very ticking of the clock, filled us with alarms.
Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
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