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ticking
/ ˈtɪkɪŋ /
noun
- a strong cotton fabric, often striped, used esp for mattress and pillow covers
Word History and Origins
Origin of ticking1
Example Sentences
So that was just a ticking time bomb until the Germans had to do something.
He becomes increasingly paranoid by the societal fixtures around him—a ticking clock, a ringing phone.
He set about ticking the boxes required of any self-respecting plutocrat enthusiastically.
A case could be made that Bynes was, in effect, a ticking time bomb.
But in the background, a separate time-bomb is ticking for Israel.
The school buzz died away, and you could hear the ticking of my little clock.
A silence fell between the two men, broken only by the low ticking of the little Sheraton clock upon the mantelshelf.
There was a silence, only broken by the monotonous ticking of the carved Swiss clock and the deep sobs of the kneeling girl.
Down the block, a taxi that had been parked with meter ticking across from Engel's apartment-hotel drew away slowly.
The ticking in this case should be boiled in a wash-boiler, and the filling is to be rinsed before drying.
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