Meaning

1 senses

  1. To produce such a sound.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. Tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock – the old cuckoo clock was ticking on the wall.

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  2. Tick-tock, tick-tock!

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  3. Tick-tock, tick-tock! They kept winding the clock on the mantle.

    deTicktack, ticktack! Sie zogen die Uhr auf dem Kaminsims weiter auf.

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  4. Tick-tock, tick-tock. There are so many stars in the sky, I can't count them all.

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Forms

tocks, tocking, tocked, tocked
Base formtock · to tock
3rd person singulartocks
Present participletocking
Past simpletocked
Past participletocked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytock
he, she, ittocks

Past simpleLesson

all personstocked

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill tock

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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