Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To make continual clicking sounds like those of an analog clock; to tick.

    ticken

    тикатьtikatʹ, тикаютtikajut

  2. (intransitive)When marching, to swing arms and legs on the same side at the same time.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
to make clicking sounds:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make clicking sounds:

Origin

Imitative. See tick.

Imitative. See tick.

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Forms

tick-tocks, tick-tocking, tick-tocked, tick-tocked
Base formtick-tock · to tick-tock
3rd person singulartick-tocks
Present participletick-tocking
Past simpletick-tocked
Past participletick-tocked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytick-tock
he, she, ittick-tocks

Past simpleLesson

all personstick-tocked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave tick-tocked
he, she, ithas tick-tocked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tick-tock

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tictickB1ticketA1tickleB2
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