: a strong linen or cotton fabric used in upholstering and as a covering for a mattress or pillow
ticking
3 of 3present participle of tick entry 2
Examples of ticking in a Sentence
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Anna Gordon, TIME, 9 May 2024
Then the drumbeat — hi-hat ticking like a clock; kick drum pounding like a headache — drops out, and Sonne retreats into her own mind.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
Ladies, the clock's ticking and the moon is moving across the sky.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2023
All of this — the coach, the roster, the future — is tied to James, the ultimate ticking clock.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
What controls the ticking of the developmental clock?
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
In the clip, a high schooler falls victim to Vecna’s tricks, lured in my the ticking of a mysterious clock.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2023
Down in the trenches, purpose can seem like a distant luxury when the daily skirmish is with spreadsheets, customer complaints and the relentless ticking of the clock.
—Ira Wolfe, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
The ticking got louder when Microsoft sunk $10 billion more into OpenAI this past January.
—Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
Noun
By Anna Gordon May 9, 2024 9:05 AM EDT
Apple’s new iPad Pro ad begins with the ticking of a mechanical metronome, which is a device used to help musicians keep track of timing.
—Anna Gordon, TIME, 9 May 2024
Then the drumbeat — hi-hat ticking like a clock; kick drum pounding like a headache — drops out, and Sonne retreats into her own mind.
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
Ladies, the clock's ticking and the moon is moving across the sky.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2023
All of this — the coach, the roster, the future — is tied to James, the ultimate ticking clock.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
What controls the ticking of the developmental clock?
—Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
In the clip, a high schooler falls victim to Vecna’s tricks, lured in my the ticking of a mysterious clock.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2023
Down in the trenches, purpose can seem like a distant luxury when the daily skirmish is with spreadsheets, customer complaints and the relentless ticking of the clock.
—Ira Wolfe, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
The ticking got louder when Microsoft sunk $10 billion more into OpenAI this past January.
—Brian Merchant, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
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“Ticking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ticking. Accessed 15 May. 2024.
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