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ticktock

noun

tick·​tock ˈtik-ˈtäk How to pronounce ticktock (audio)
-ˌtäk
: the ticking sound of a clock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The public is offered a timeline of events, a preliminary ticktock, not of why the mayhem unfolded but of how it was put down. Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 7 June 2022 Back, forth, 1 o’clock, 10 o’clock, ticktock, like a poem with iambic meter. Patrick Mooney, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2022 Goodwin’s diaries of Kennedy’s assassination brim with ticktock detail. New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022 And because of that, on a practical level, the normal journalistic account of this, the forensic ticktock of when did the abuse begin and what actually happened, was almost impossible to tell — just because nobody would cooperate. Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2021 Sometimes the camera will pan back and forth in a ticktock pendulum fashion (get it?) and return to its starting point to reveal a terrifying change. Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 23 July 2021 Some of these problems relate to his ticktock of events during the confusing early months of the pandemic and his effort to accentuate the visionary qualities of main characters like Mecher and Dean. Washington Post, 5 May 2021 The timeline and ticktock of that commission’s work now stands as a national canon for the events of that day. Philip Elliott, Time, 20 Apr. 2021 Ten-year-old Lewis goes to live with his uncle in a creaky old house that contains a mysterious ticktock noise. Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

imitative

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ticktock was in 1848

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