'Ticking' definitions:
Definition of 'ticking'
From: WordNet
noun
A metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" [syn: tick, ticking]
noun
A strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
Definition of 'Ticking'
From: GCIDE
- Tick \Tick\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ticked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.]
- 1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To strike gently; to pat. [1913 Webster]
- Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ticking'
From: GCIDE
Words containing 'Ticking'
- Tick,
- Ticked,
- tick off,
- tick over,
- ticked off,
- Bat tick,
- Beggar's ticks,
- Bird tick,
- Death tick,
- Dove tick,
- Horse tick,
- Seed tick,
- Sheep tick,
- Stag tick,
- Tick bean,
- Tick trefoil,
- Water tick,
- Wood tick,
- deer tick,
- hard tick,
- soft tick,
- tick fever,
- ticking bomb,
- up-tick,
- american dog tick,
- beggar's-ticks,
- beggar-ticks,
- indian tick fever,
- sheep-tick,
- tick-weed,
- black-legged tick,
- european beggar-ticks,
- swampy beggar-ticks,
- tick-tack-toe,
- trifid beggar-ticks,
- western black-legged tick