tick tock

Speech parts

1. tick tock - Noun

2. tick tock - Verb

3. tick tock - Interjection

Meaning

tick tock

Alternative form of tick-tock.

tick tock (plural tick tocks)

Alternative form of tick-tock.

The sound of a ticking analog clock.

(colloquial) A warning of some fateful impending event.

tick-tock (third-person singular simple present tick-tocks, present participle tick-tocking, simple past and past participle tick-tocked)

To make continual clicking sounds like those of an analog clock; to tick.

The sound of a ticking clock.

(journalism) A step-by-step account of an event or timeline.

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tick-tock

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Examples

As the days tick-tock away, looting and suicides become common, 'survivalists' head for the hills, all hope is gone and only the military and police have fuel supplies as frightened families hunker down and wait for the end. Source: Internet

The tick-tock precision of the book can almost be off-putting. Source: Internet

You can claw through technical explanations of the tick-tock of every little thing, but this is a guide for everything normal people actually need to know. Source: Internet

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