TICKING


Meaning of TICKING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

biological clock ticking

career women who hear the biological clock ticking

ticking off

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

give sb a ticking off

the clock is ticking

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

In the brooding silences the ticking of the clock seemed to become louder.

In the silence she heard the ticking of the carriage clock.

Once the minerals in a rock are formed, any radioactive elements in those minerals keep ticking away.

Repetitive stimuli are relegated to background noise and, like the ticking of that clock, are not heard until they stop.

Report repeated two and a half second ticking sounds from plane.

That was where the ticking was coming from, thought Endill.

The only sound came from the ticking of a clock.

Upon its arrival home on March 26, H-4 was still ticking .

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