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ticking
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?k??/
- Rhymes: -?k??
Etymology 1
tick (“sheet, cover”) +? -ing (“material, collection”).
Noun
ticking (plural tickings)
- A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
- 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous, chapter 1
- 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.
- 1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous, chapter 1
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
ticking (plural tickings)
- A sound of something ticking.
- 1842, Laman Blanchard, "The Frolics of Time" in George Cruikshank's Omnibus
- Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!
- 1842, Laman Blanchard, "The Frolics of Time" in George Cruikshank's Omnibus
- 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
ticking
- present participle of tick
Derived terms
- the clock is ticking
Etymology 3
tick (“tick mark”) +? -ing (“having the property”).
Noun
ticking (plural tickings)
- A marking that occurs on some horses. It involves 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.
See also
- Ticking in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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tucking
English
Verb
tucking
- present participle of tuck
Noun
tucking (plural tuckings)
- (sewing) A tuck.
- 2006, Karen Harper, The Last Boleyn
- White embroidery, lace, delicate tuckings, and elaborate ribbings rioted across the white of his short doubtlet, breech, and tight stockings.
- 2006, Karen Harper, The Last Boleyn
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