tick-tock
noun[U]
(alsotick tock)uk/ˈtɪkˌtɒk/us/ˈtɪkˌtɑːk/used torepresentthesoundthat aclockmakes:
The onlysoundwas the tick-tock of theclock.
We couldheareveryticktock of theclock, but thehoursseemednever topass.
- Hewoundup his newalarmclockandlistenedfor a while toitsmusicaltick-tock.
- Themovementof thependulumanditstick-tocksoundcapturethefragmentationoftime.
- Theticktock ofclocks, thepurringofcats, and therhymesandsongsontelevisionaccompaniedthem as theygrewup.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- putter
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- squelch
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh
tick-tock
verb[I]
uk/ˈtɪkˌtɒk/us/ˈtɪkˌtɑːk/(of aclock) to make aregularclickingsound:
Asilverclockbeside thebedtick-tocks.
- Aclockon thewalltick-tocked through thenight.
- Hewaitsas theclockabove hisbedtick-tocksslowlyto thehour.
Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
- babble
- blaze
- chuff
- click away
- clicker
- clinking
- clunk
- crump
- gunshot
- hiss
- jangling
- pip
- plunk
- putter
- scrunch
- sonic boom
- squelch
- tick
- white noise
- whoosh