tick-tock

See also: ticktock and tick tock

English

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Verb

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.

Translations

make clicking sounds

Esperanto: tiktaki
French: tictaquer (fr)
German: ticken (de)
Russian: тикать (ru) impf (tikatʹ), тикают n pl or impf (tikajut)
Spanish: tictaquear

Noun

tick-tock (plural tick-tocks)

Alternative form of tick tock

Interjection

tick-tock

Clicking sounds like those of an analog clock.

Translations

make clicking sounds

German: ticktack (de)
Polish: tik-tak
Russian: тик-так (ru) (tik-tak)
Vietnamese: tích tắc (vi)