ticktock

A noun referring to the steady, recurrent ticking sound typically made by a clock or watch.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das das gleichmäßige, wiederkehrende Ticken einer Uhr bezeichnet, oft auch übertragen für ein rhythmisches Geräusch oder den Lauf der Zeit.

1. Steady ticking sound A2 informal

   A regular, repetitive ticking sound, typically made by a clock or watch.

   • The only sound in the silent room was the ticktock of the grandfather clock.
   • I could hear the steady ticktock from the kitchen timer.
   • The ticktock of the old watch was oddly comforting.

   🇩🇪Ticken

   Synonyme: ticktickingticktack

• ticktocks plural form
• ticktocks' possessive plural form
• ticktock's possessive singular form

A verb used to describe the sound made by a clock or watch, or to refer to the passage of time.

• 🇩🇪Verb, das das tickende Geräusch einer Uhr beschreibt oder das Vergehen der Zeit bezeichnet.

1. Make a rhythmic ticking sound B1 informal

   To produce a repeated, regular sound like that of a clock or timer.

   • The old clock ticktocked steadily in the hallway.
   • I could hear the timer ticktocking in the kitchen.
   • The watch ticktocked softly on his wrist.

   🇩🇪Ticken

   Synonyme: beatclickpulsetaptick

• ticktocked past participle
• ticktocked past simple
• ticktocking present participle
• ticktocks third person singular