ticking

noun

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.

noun

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

   Also a form of tickpresent participle and gerund of tick

   a ticking time bomb

noun

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.

Forms

plural

tickings