tick-tock

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Synonyms: ticktock, tick tock, tick-tack, ticktack, tick tack, ticky-tack

Antonyms: ticktock, tick tock, tick-tack, ticktack, tick tack, ticky-tack

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Interjection

1. {{ng|The sound of the [[ticking#English:_making noise like tick-tock etc|ticking]] of an [[analog clock]].}}
2. {{lb|en|colloquial}} Time is [[run out|running out]]; a [[deadline]] is approaching.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To make continual [[click]]ing sounds like those of an [[analog clock]]; to [[tick]].
2. {{lb|en|intransitive}} When [[march]]ing, to swing arms and legs on the same side at the same time.

Noun

1. The sound of a ticking [[clock]].
2. {{lb|en|journalism}} A step-by-step account of an event or timeline.

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