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plural tickings
A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses. quotations examples
Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.
1897, Rudyard Kipling, “chapter 1”, in Captains Courageous
A sound of something ticking. quotations examples
Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!
1842, Laman Blanchard, “The Frolics of Time”, in George Cruikshank's Omnibus
An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect. examples
present participle and gerund of tick examples
A marking that occurs on some horses. It involves white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano. Sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks. examples