tick-tock

See also: ticktock and tick tock

English

Verb

tick-tock (third-person singular simple present tick-tocks, present participle tick-tocking, simple past and past participle tick-tocked)

To make continual clicking sounds like those of an analog clock.

Translations

make clicking sounds

French: tictaquer (fr)
German: ticken (de)

Russian: тикать (ru) impf (tikatʹ), тикают n pl or impf (tikajut)
Spanish: tictaquear

Interjection

tick-tock

Clicking sounds like those of an analog clock.

Translations

make clicking sounds

German: ticktack (de)
Russian: тик-так (ru) (tik-tak)

Vietnamese: tích tắc (vi)

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