steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock • Syn: tocktact, tictac • Hypernyms: tick, ticking
II - verb
make a sound like a clock or a timer - the clocks were ticking - the grandfather clock beat midnight • Syn: tick, ticktack, beat • Derivationally related forms: beat (for: beat), tick (for: tick), ticker (for: tick), ticking (for: tick) • Hypernyms: sound, go • Verb Frames: - Something ----s
