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tickings

tickings is the plural of ticking.

Meaning of ticking

Noun (1)

ticking (countable and uncountable, plural tickings)

  1. A strong cotton or linen fabric used to cover pillows and mattresses.
    • Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.1897, Rudyard Kipling, “chapter 1”, in Captains Courageous

Noun (2)

ticking (countable and uncountable, plural tickings)

  1. A sound of something that ticks. (For example, the second hand on a clock face.)
    • Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!1842, Laman Blanchard, “The Frolics of Time”, in George Cruikshank's Omnibus
  2. An illusional style of dance where one moves his or her body to the "tic" of the music creating a strobe or animated effect.

Noun (3)

ticking (plural tickings)

  1. A marking that occurs on some horses, involving white flecks of hair at the flank, and white hairs at the base of the tail, called a skunk tail or rabicano, sometimes referred to as birdcatcher ticks.

Questions about tickings

What is tickings the plural of?
Tickings is the plural of ticking.

Words near tickings in the dictionary

  1. ticking past
  2. ticking time bomb
  3. ticking time bombs
  4. ticking-off
  5. ticking-over
  6. tickings
  7. tickings-off
  8. tickle
  9. tickle pink
  10. tickle someone's fancy
  11. tickle someone's funny bone

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