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Definition of Ticktock
1. Verb. Make a sound like a clock or a timer. "The grandfather clock beat midnight"
Generic synonyms: Go, Sound
Derivative terms: Beat, Tick, Ticker, Ticking
2. Noun. Steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock.
Definition of Ticktock
1. Noun. The ticking sound of a clock ¹
2. Noun. A news story that recounts events in chronological order (Journalism) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ticktock
1. to make the ticking sound of a clock [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ticktock
Literary usage of Ticktock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Ideas for Teaching Writing As a Process by Carol B. Olson (1996)
"It reminds me of a classroom clock— ticktock, ticktock, ticking time slowly away.
A circle is the egg that rests on your table. ..."
2. Little Essays in Literature and Life by Richard Burton (1914)
"... willynilly, are older by every ticktock of the clock and revolution of the
seasons. To brood upon it is to wax morbid, perhaps pessimistic. ..."
3. Little Essays in Literature and Life by Richard Burton (1914)
"... willynilly, are older by every ticktock of the clock and revolution of the
seasons. To brood upon it is to wax morbid, perhaps pessimistic. ..."
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