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  • noun Plural form of tock.

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Examples

  • Baby hedgehog 'tocks totally made my day, and I have a mastiff that does "doga." 150 pounds of dog, feet straight out behind him.

    Friday Pix archmage 2010

  • The mural clears just the tops of the doors and the hutch and the grandfather clock, which tocks.

    Thanksgiving Bill Roorbach 2011

  • Despite the hundreds of tick-tocks you hear when walking into this antique watch and clock repair shop, it 's as if time has stopped there.

    The New German Expressionism 2010

  • The 2.5-liter engine, with 177 pound-feet on board, pulls smoothly but insistently up to redline, and the gearbox tocks through the ratios with a slick ease.

    The Beetle Mans Up 2011

  • And although one of Suze's mantras is how much she loves stocks - "[S] tocks, in my opinion, are the best investment vehicle for the growth of your money over time" - less than 3 percent of Suze's net worth happens to be invested in them.

    Is Suze Orman Nothing But A Lying Shill? - The Consumerist 2009

  • Despite the hundreds of tick-tocks you hear when walking into this antique watch and clock repair shop, it 's as if time has stopped there.

    The New German Expressionism Monica Khemsurov 2010

  • And for my part, I stay away from doing tick-tocks of meetings and arguments unless I think there are serious implications for policy.

    Reporters aren't the only ones who like to gossip Ezra Klein 2011

  • The 2.5-liter engine, with 177 pound-feet on board, pulls smoothly but insistently up to redline, and the gearbox tocks through the ratios with a slick ease.

    The Beetle Mans Up Dan Neil 2011

  • Based on her original reporting for the newspaper (and re - reported here), the book is as scrupulously documented as the Journal's "tick-tocks," which Ellison defines as "often riveting reconstructions of significant events that had occurred months earlier."

    Murdoch's Wall Street Journal Takeover Chronicled In 'War At The Wall Street Journal' 2010

  • The White House moved quickly to take advantage of that opportunity -- doling out details for a series of tick-tocks written by the big media organizations (including this one) that cast Obama as simultaneously deliberate and decisive.

    Obama, the decider 2010

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