ticking
SubstantivSubstantivVerbSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen
- //ˈtɪkɪŋ//
A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
Substantiv
- 1
A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.
Herkunft
From tick (“sheet, cover”) + -ing (“material, collection”).
Substantiv
- 1
A sound of something that ticks. (For example, the second hand on a clock face.)
Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!
- 2
An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.
Verb
- 1
Auch eine Form von tickpresent participle and gerund of tick
a ticking time bomb
Substantiv
- 1
A marking that occurs on some horses, involving white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano, sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.
Herkunft
From tick (“tick mark”) + -ing (“having the property”).
Formen
- Plural
- tickings
ticking · A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
tickle · The act of tickling.Tickle · A habitational surname from Old English.tickled · Very pleased; delighted.