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🔊 A ticking sound ⏰ To make clock sounds 🕰️ To pass steadily
to ticktock

to ticktock

5.9
To move forward slowly and steadily, often about time or deadlines
  • verb
  • /ˈtɪkˌtɑk/
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  • Time ticktocks on, whether we are ready or not.

Examples

  • Time ticktocks away as we wait.

  • The deadline is approaching, and the clock ticktocks loudly.

  • The minutes ticktocked by as she waited anxiously for the results.

  • With each passing day, the deadline ticktocked closer and the team worked harder.

  • As the deadline approaches, I can hear the minutes ticktock away.

  • Time seems to ticktock faster when you're having fun.

  • Every moment that passes makes me feel the day ticktock closer to summer.

Synonyms

to tick over
vsto ticktock
  • UK
1 7.0

To keep running quietly at a low steady speed when not doing much

moves forward in small regular steps toward an expected event

Antonyms

to stand still
75 1.0

Stay upright in one place without moving

Surface Forms

ticktock infinitive
ticktocked past
ticktocked past participle
ticktocking present participle
ticktocks third person singular

Etymology

The word ticktock comes from the regular clock sounds tick and tock, which happen one after the other like steady steps. So when time or an event ticktocks, it moves forward in small, regular steps, like a clock marking each moment.