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tickover

tickover noun: the idle rate of an engine, particularly on a motorbike.

Noun

tickover (usually uncountable, plural tickovers)

  1. (usually) The idle rate of an engine, particularly on a motorbike.
  2. (usually) The minimal turn-over rate of a chemical without additional stimulation.

Forms of tickover

pluraltickovers

Origin of tickover

Deverbal from tick over.

Questions about tickover

What does tickover mean?
Tickover means the idle rate of an engine, particularly on a motorbike.
What part of speech is tickover?
Tickover is a noun.
What is the plural of tickover?
The plural of tickover is tickovers.

Words near tickover in the dictionary

  1. Ticknall
  2. Tickner
  3. Tickners
  4. Ticknor
  5. Ticknors
  6. tickover
  7. tickovers
  8. tickproof
  9. ticks
  10. ticks a lock
  11. ticks a lot of boxes

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