Synonyms:
ticking
Meaning: a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
Synonyms:
tick, ticking
Meaning: a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"
Usage examples
"The watch that is still ticking?"
"Only the watch ticking in her hand.
We're sitting on a ticking bomb and I don't like it.
The quiet was delightful, and the ticking clock was the most pleasant of companions.
"W, R, A, double G, E--Wragge," said the captain, ticking off the letters persuasively on his fingers.
There was a final buzz and then the place became quiet, broken only by the ticking of a big round clock on the wall.
He was alone in space, gliding away from the ship, with oxygen hissing softly through the valve and ticking away his life.
When she had finished the courtroom was as still as a tomb, save for the ticking of the clock, now sounding louder than ever.
I look around the empty room, The clock still ticking in its place, And all else silent as the tomb, Till suddenly, I think, a face
The judge's hand withdrew from the table and for an instant the room was so quiet that you could hear some far-off clock ticking out the minutes. Then Judge Ostrander rose and in a peremptory tone said: