ticking.
A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
Meaning & usage
A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
Where this word comes from
From tick (“sheet, cover”) + -ing (“material, collection”).
A sound of something that ticks. (For example, the second hand on a clock face.)
An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.
A marking that occurs on some horses, involving 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.
Where this word comes from
From tick (“tick mark”) + -ing (“having the property”).
present participle and gerund of tick
a ticking time bomb
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