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tocktact

/ˈtɒk.tækt/

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noun

/ˈtɒk.tækt/formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее равномерный, повторяющийся звук тиканья, обычно издаваемый часами.

A noun referring to a steady, recurrent ticking sound, typically as made by a clock.

  1. Steady recurrent ticking soundB1informal

    A rhythmic, repetitive sound similar to the ticking of a clock.

    ruРавномерный повторяющийся звук тиканья

    • The only sound in the room was the soft tocktact of the old grandfather clock.
    • He fell asleep to the steady tocktact of the metronome.
    • The silence was broken by the tocktact of a distant timepiece.

    Synonymsbeatclickpulsetapticktickingticktocktictac