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plural tocks
(used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock. examples
third-person singular simple present tocks, present participle tocking, simple past and past participle tocked
To produce such a sound. quotations examples
The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.
2002, Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann
The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.
1967, William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin