Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ticking sound made by a clock.
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- noun The
ticking sound of aclock - noun A news story that recounts events in chronological order (Journalism)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make a sound like a clock or a timer
- noun steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You have been doing some reporting on what we call the ticktock and specifically his wife, Elizabeth?
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I've been getting many questions from the press, as is appropriate at a time like this, for what the press calls ticktock, or what people understand as, "Tell us everything that happened and every step along the way, how decisions were made," which of course an issue of very important historical value.
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Because, as part of a remarkable public relations campaign, the White House released a three-page "ticktock," a newspaper term of art for a minute-by-minute reconstruction of how momentous events unfolded.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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First, recall Intel's "ticktock" product-and-process cadence, a term that company President and Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini used in 2006.
The Gadgeteer 2010
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Because, as part of a remarkable public relations campaign, the White House released a three-page "ticktock," a newspaper term of art for a minute-by-minute reconstruction of how momentous events unfolded.
NYT > Home Page 2010
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Because, as part of a remarkable public relations campaign, the White House released a three-page "ticktock," a newspaper term of art for a minute-by-minute reconstruction of how momentous events unfolded.
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The ticktock of the clock on the wall mirrored the sound of my heart.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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The ticktock of the clock on the wall mirrored the sound of my heart.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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The ticktock of the clock on the wall mirrored the sound of my heart.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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The ticktock of the clock on the wall mirrored the sound of my heart.
Haven Kristi Cook 2011
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