ticking

tick·ing  (tkng)

n.

A strong, tightly woven fabric of cotton or linen used to make pillow and mattress coverings.

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ticking [ˈtɪkɪŋ]

n

(Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Textiles) a strong cotton fabric, often striped, used esp for mattress and pillow covers

[from tick³]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ticking - 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"

Translations

ticking [ˈtɪkɪŋ] N

1. [of clock] → tictac m

2. (= material) → cutí m, terliz m

ticking [ˈtɪkɪŋ] n → tic-tac m
ticking off (British) n (= telling-off) → remontage m de bretelles

ticking

n

(for mattress) → Matratzendrell m; (for pillows etc) → Inlett nt

(of clock) → Ticken nt

ticking¹ [ˈtɪkɪŋ] n (of clock, watch) → ticchettio

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ticking² [ˈtɪkɪŋ] n (material) → tela da materassi