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ticking

SubstantivSubstantivVerbSubstantivhäufig in Dialogen

  • //ˈtɪkɪŋ//

A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.

Substantiv

  1. 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. 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. 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. 1

    Auch eine Form von tickpresent participle and gerund of tick

    a ticking time bomb

Substantiv

  1. 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
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