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ticking clocks

ticking clocks is the plural of ticking clock.

Meaning of ticking clock

Noun

ticking clock (plural ticking clocks)

  1. A literary device in which the protagonist has a strict time limit, used to heighten tension.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tick, clock.

Questions about ticking clocks

What is ticking clocks the plural of?
Ticking clocks is the plural of ticking clock.

Words near ticking clocks in the dictionary

  1. ticking away
  2. ticking bomb
  3. ticking bombs
  4. ticking by
  5. ticking clock
  6. ticking clocks
  7. ticking down
  8. ticking off
  9. ticking on
  10. ticking over
  11. ticking past

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