Definitions for ticking

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ticking tick·ing

Spelling: [tik-ing]

IPA: /ˈtɪk ɪŋ/

Ticking is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 75 anagrams from letters in ticking (cgiiknt).

Definitions for ticking

noun

1. a strong cotton fabric, usually twilled, used especially in making cloth ticks.
2. a similar cloth in satin weave or Jacquard, used especially for mattress covers.
3. a slight, sharp, recurring click, tap, or beat, as of a clock.
4. Chiefly British Informal. a moment or instant.
5. a small dot, mark, check, or electronic signal, as used to mark off an item on a list, serve as a reminder, or call attention to something.
6. Stock Exchange. a movement in the price of a stock, bond, or option. the smallest possible tick on a given exchange.
7. Manège. a jumping fault consisting of a light touch of a fence with one or more feet.
8. a small contrasting spot of color on the coat of a mammal or the feathers of a bird.

Idioms

1. what makes one tick, the motive or explanation of one's behavior:

Verb phrases

1. tick off, Slang. to make angry: Chiefly British. to scold severely:

verb (used with object)

1. to sound or announce by a tick or ticks:
2. to mark with a tick or ticks; check (usually followed by off); to tick off the items on the memo.

verb (used without object)

1. to emit or produce a tick, like that of a clock.
2. to pass as with ticks of a clock:

Origin of ticking

First recorded in 1635-45; tick³ + -ing¹

Examples for ticking

So that was just a ticking time bomb until the Germans had to do something.

A case could be made that Bynes was, in effect, a ticking time bomb.

He becomes increasingly paranoid by the societal fixtures around him—a ticking clock, a ringing phone.

"Fact six," said the Baron, ticking off the thumb of his other hand.

He set about ticking the boxes required of any self-respecting plutocrat enthusiastically.

"This is obviously a conundrum," said Yates, ticking off the items on his four fingers.

Vaguely, between Kitty's sobs, I heard the ticking of a watch.

But in the background, a separate time-bomb is ticking for Israel.

The ticking of the clock emphasized the inexorable silence of the house.

At its highest speed this ticking changed into a continuous sound of trickling.