ticking
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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
tick (“sheet, cover”) + -ing (“material, collection”).
Noun
ticking (plural tickings)
- A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
- 1897, Rudyard Kipling, “chapter 1”, in Captains Courageous:
- 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.
Translations
a strong cotton or linen fabric
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Etymology 2
Noun
ticking (plural tickings)
- A sound of something ticking.
- 1842, Laman Blanchard, “The Frolics of Time”, in George Cruikshank's Omnibus:
- Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!
- An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.
Verb
ticking
- present participle and gerund of tick
- a ticking time bomb
Derived terms
Etymology 3
tick (“tick mark”) + -ing (“having the property”).
Noun
ticking (plural tickings)
- 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.
