tock
US/tɑk/
tock noun: a clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
Noun
tock (plural tocks)
- A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
- When Cyrus left her there by herself she stood quite still and listened to the sounds, a variety of ticks and tocks, faint beats and flutters.2022, Ian Crouch, A Pyrrhic Victory Volume III — Fate, Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency, page 367
Verb
tock (third-person singular simple present tocks, present participle tocking, simple past and past participle tocked)
- To produce such a sound.
- The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.2002, Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann
- The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.1967, William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin
Forms of tock
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tocks |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tocks |
| present participle | tocking |
| past participle | tocked |
| past | tocked |
Words formed from tock
Phrases with tock
Words that rhyme with tock
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- sock
- unlock
- baroque
- flock
- locke
- mock
- ad hoc
- frock
- unblock
- undock
- VOC
- chock
- defrock
- nock
- o'clock
- prairie dock
- proc
- smock
- acock
- amok
- bangkok
- bloc
- Carvel Rock
- doc
- grok
- hough
- loch
- pock
- slock
- wedlock
- wok
- 24-hour clock
- bock
- bok
- brocc
- choc
- croc
- digital clock
- drop lock
- Farallon Rock
- flight sock
- freezer block
- gock
- hashlock
- hock
- kozachok
- lough
- Nixon shock
Questions about tock
- What does tock mean?
- Tock means a clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
- What part of speech is tock?
- Tock can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce tock?
- Tock is pronounced /tɑk/ (US).
- What is the plural of tock?
- The plural of tock is tocks.
Words near tock in the dictionary
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