ticktock

noun

tick·​tock ˈtik-ˈtäk How to pronounce ticktock (audio)
-ˌtäk
: the ticking sound of a clock

Examples of ticktock in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web At first, the hundred metronomes generate a uniform cloud of indistinguishable ticktocks. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2024 Climate change registered to snow hydrologists as a future problem, but for the most part their job remained squarely hydrology: working out the ticktock of a highly variable yet presumably coherent water cycle. Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 10 Jan. 2024 Well, that's a great ticktock, Rikki, of what to expect. CBS News, 2 Apr. 2023 Their ticktock of the events slows down to explain a lot of this background, along with details that only make the film’s visuals more terrifying, like the fact that at one point the firestorm was moving as fast as 21 miles per hour—while evacuees were stuck in traffic on the way out of town. Erin Berger, Outside Online, 19 Nov. 2020 See all Example Sentences for ticktock 

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Word History

Etymology

imitative

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ticktock was in 1848

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“Ticktock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticktock. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.

Kids Definition

ticktock

noun
tick·​tock ˈtik-ˈtäk How to pronounce ticktock (audio)
-ˌtäk
: the ticking sound of a clock
Etymology

imitative

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