ticking : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ticking	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for ticking
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ticking n a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" Synonym(s): tick, ticking a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ticking \Tick"ing\, n. [From {Tick} a bed cover. Cf. {Ticken}.] A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; -- called also {ticken}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tick \Tick\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Ticked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ticking}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.] 1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat. 2. To strike gently; to pat. Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer.