Definition of tick-tock in English:

tick-tock

noun tɪkˈtɒkˈtɪktɑk

1The sound of a large clock ticking.
（大钟的）滴答声
we could hear every tick-tock of the clock
Example sentencesExamples
- It speaks of winter days sitting snug and cosy, the lamp lighting my page, toes gently toasting, and the quiet tick-tock of the clock.
- Each day, he sits on the edge of his bed, head hung in a state of lonely tristesse while the mellifluous tick-tock of a grandfather clock marks time.
- The search for rhythmic patterns is so ingrained that given the persistent ticking of a clock we organise the beat into a pattern of tick-tock.
- Ben sat quietly, listening to the tick-tock of the grandfather clock.
- And as she listened, the tick-tock of the clock on the wall seemed to fill her head and as Alana's lips moved all she could hear was a strange drone that only her ears could decipher.
- The tick-tock of the clock was amplified and I glanced at it as a reflex.
- You can feel it throbbing and it's this, like the tick-tock of a clock, that sends you back to sleep.
- The two neurones alternate in activity, like the steady tick-tock of a clock.
- She could hear the sounds of an empty, sleeping house; the tick-tock of the grandfather clock in the hallway, the dripping of a tap in the bathroom next to her, the low snuffling snores of her Dad next door.
Synonyms
clicking, click, clack, clacking, click-clack, ticking, tick-tock, snick, snicking, plock, plocking, beat, tap, tapping
1. 1.1US informal A piece of journalism that presents a chronological account of an event or series of events.
  an excellent tick-tock of the unfolding financial crisis
  as modifier a tick-tock account of what went into the planning and execution of the raid
  Example sentencesExamples
  If you want something of a play-by-play on what happened, he has a pretty good tick-tock on the specifics.
  The tick-tock of his misdeeds indicates that he shrewdly exploited his bosses' sympathy for his psychological problems.
  On Friday, we'll give you a tick-tock countdown on what's going to happen from Friday to Monday.
  They were concerned about having the ability to recreate a chronology, a tick-tock of what had happened.
  Both of them have done in-depth tick-tocks and post-mortems which are well worth reading.
  It serves no purpose to go back and do the tick-tock.
  Just to give you a bit of a tick-tock here, the president is going to make his way through the crowd.
  The script at each stop was a tick-tock of his accomplishments sprinkled with sharp jabs at Republicans.
  One of the regular features in the Wall Street Journal was the "tick-tock", an inside-the-boardroom reconstruction of a big deal.
  A fine piece of reporting lays out in tick-tock form how the program allowed itself to be taken in by the sloppy frauds.
  Other papers might have left the US business bible standing when news of the purchase broke, but the tick-tock, delivered later, would serve as a devastatingly definitive account.

verb tɪkˈtɒkˈtɪktɑk

[no object]

Make a ticking sound.
滴答响
the clock on the wall was tick-tocking
墙上的钟滴答滴答响。
Example sentencesExamples
- The metronome is a nice reference tool, but if you don't have one to practice with, think of the arm of a grandfather clock tick-tocking back and forth.
- Not a sound was to be heard anywhere; the place had nearly reached the mystical non-existent state, supposing there was one, was it not for the clock which tirelessly tick-tocked its way through the smooth black silk of silence.
- Mindful of the time, he watched the clock tick-tock its way towards 7:15.
Synonyms
click, clack, tick-tock, snick, plock, beat, tap

Origin

Mid 19th century: imitative; compare with tick¹.

Definition of tick-tock in US English:

tick-tock

nounˈtɪktɑkˈtiktäk

1The sound of a large clock ticking.
（大钟的）滴答声
we could hear every tick-tock of the clock
Example sentencesExamples
- She could hear the sounds of an empty, sleeping house; the tick-tock of the grandfather clock in the hallway, the dripping of a tap in the bathroom next to her, the low snuffling snores of her Dad next door.
- Each day, he sits on the edge of his bed, head hung in a state of lonely tristesse while the mellifluous tick-tock of a grandfather clock marks time.
- The tick-tock of the clock was amplified and I glanced at it as a reflex.
- The two neurones alternate in activity, like the steady tick-tock of a clock.
- Ben sat quietly, listening to the tick-tock of the grandfather clock.
- It speaks of winter days sitting snug and cosy, the lamp lighting my page, toes gently toasting, and the quiet tick-tock of the clock.
- And as she listened, the tick-tock of the clock on the wall seemed to fill her head and as Alana's lips moved all she could hear was a strange drone that only her ears could decipher.
- The search for rhythmic patterns is so ingrained that given the persistent ticking of a clock we organise the beat into a pattern of tick-tock.
- You can feel it throbbing and it's this, like the tick-tock of a clock, that sends you back to sleep.
Synonyms
clicking, click, clack, clacking, click-clack, ticking, tick-tock, snick, snicking, plock, plocking, beat, tap, tapping
1. 1.1US informal A piece of journalism that presents a detailed chronology of events.
  as modifier a tick-tock account of what went into the planning and execution of the raid
  I'm doing a tick-tock on the new economic policy
  Example sentencesExamples
  They were concerned about having the ability to recreate a chronology, a tick-tock of what had happened.
  One of the regular features in the Wall Street Journal was the "tick-tock", an inside-the-boardroom reconstruction of a big deal.
  A fine piece of reporting lays out in tick-tock form how the program allowed itself to be taken in by the sloppy frauds.
  Both of them have done in-depth tick-tocks and post-mortems which are well worth reading.
  The script at each stop was a tick-tock of his accomplishments sprinkled with sharp jabs at Republicans.
  It serves no purpose to go back and do the tick-tock.
  If you want something of a play-by-play on what happened, he has a pretty good tick-tock on the specifics.
  Other papers might have left the US business bible standing when news of the purchase broke, but the tick-tock, delivered later, would serve as a devastatingly definitive account.
  On Friday, we'll give you a tick-tock countdown on what's going to happen from Friday to Monday.
  Just to give you a bit of a tick-tock here, the president is going to make his way through the crowd.
  The tick-tock of his misdeeds indicates that he shrewdly exploited his bosses' sympathy for his psychological problems.

verbˈtɪktɑkˈtiktäk

[no object]

Make a ticking sound.
滴答响
the clock on the wall was tick-tocking
墙上的钟滴答滴答响。
Example sentencesExamples
- Not a sound was to be heard anywhere; the place had nearly reached the mystical non-existent state, supposing there was one, was it not for the clock which tirelessly tick-tocked its way through the smooth black silk of silence.
- Mindful of the time, he watched the clock tick-tock its way towards 7:15.
- The metronome is a nice reference tool, but if you don't have one to practice with, think of the arm of a grandfather clock tick-tocking back and forth.
Synonyms
click, clack, tick-tock, snick, plock, beat, tap

Origin

Mid 19th century: imitative; compare with tick.

词汇	tick-tock
释义	Definition of tick-tock in English: tick-tock noun tɪkˈtɒkˈtɪktɑk 1The sound of a large clock ticking. （大钟的）滴答声 we could hear every tick-tock of the clock Example sentencesExamples It speaks of winter days sitting snug and cosy, the lamp lighting my page, toes gently toasting, and the quiet tick-tock of the clock. Each day, he sits on the edge of his bed, head hung in a state of lonely tristesse while the mellifluous tick-tock of a grandfather clock marks time. The search for rhythmic patterns is so ingrained that given the persistent ticking of a clock we organise the beat into a pattern of tick-tock. Ben sat quietly, listening to the tick-tock of the grandfather clock. And as she listened, the tick-tock of the clock on the wall seemed to fill her head and as Alana's lips moved all she could hear was a strange drone that only her ears could decipher. The tick-tock of the clock was amplified and I glanced at it as a reflex. You can feel it throbbing and it's this, like the tick-tock of a clock, that sends you back to sleep. The two neurones alternate in activity, like the steady tick-tock of a clock. She could hear the sounds of an empty, sleeping house; the tick-tock of the grandfather clock in the hallway, the dripping of a tap in the bathroom next to her, the low snuffling snores of her Dad next door. Synonyms clicking, click, clack, clacking, click-clack, ticking, tick-tock, snick, snicking, plock, plocking, beat, tap, tapping 1.1US informal A piece of journalism that presents a chronological account of an event or series of events. an excellent tick-tock of the unfolding financial crisis as modifier a tick-tock account of what went into the planning and execution of the raid Example sentencesExamples If you want something of a play-by-play on what happened, he has a pretty good tick-tock on the specifics. The tick-tock of his misdeeds indicates that he shrewdly exploited his bosses' sympathy for his psychological problems. On Friday, we'll give you a tick-tock countdown on what's going to happen from Friday to Monday. They were concerned about having the ability to recreate a chronology, a tick-tock of what had happened. Both of them have done in-depth tick-tocks and post-mortems which are well worth reading. It serves no purpose to go back and do the tick-tock. Just to give you a bit of a tick-tock here, the president is going to make his way through the crowd. The script at each stop was a tick-tock of his accomplishments sprinkled with sharp jabs at Republicans. One of the regular features in the Wall Street Journal was the "tick-tock", an inside-the-boardroom reconstruction of a big deal. A fine piece of reporting lays out in tick-tock form how the program allowed itself to be taken in by the sloppy frauds. Other papers might have left the US business bible standing when news of the purchase broke, but the tick-tock, delivered later, would serve as a devastatingly definitive account. verb tɪkˈtɒkˈtɪktɑk [no object] Make a ticking sound. 滴答响 the clock on the wall was tick-tocking 墙上的钟滴答滴答响。 Example sentencesExamples The metronome is a nice reference tool, but if you don't have one to practice with, think of the arm of a grandfather clock tick-tocking back and forth. Not a sound was to be heard anywhere; the place had nearly reached the mystical non-existent state, supposing there was one, was it not for the clock which tirelessly tick-tocked its way through the smooth black silk of silence. Mindful of the time, he watched the clock tick-tock its way towards 7:15. Synonyms click, clack, tick-tock, snick, plock, beat, tap Origin Mid 19th century: imitative; compare with tick¹. Definition of tick-tock in US English: tick-tock nounˈtɪktɑkˈtiktäk 1The sound of a large clock ticking. （大钟的）滴答声 we could hear every tick-tock of the clock Example sentencesExamples She could hear the sounds of an empty, sleeping house; the tick-tock of the grandfather clock in the hallway, the dripping of a tap in the bathroom next to her, the low snuffling snores of her Dad next door. Each day, he sits on the edge of his bed, head hung in a state of lonely tristesse while the mellifluous tick-tock of a grandfather clock marks time. The tick-tock of the clock was amplified and I glanced at it as a reflex. The two neurones alternate in activity, like the steady tick-tock of a clock. Ben sat quietly, listening to the tick-tock of the grandfather clock. It speaks of winter days sitting snug and cosy, the lamp lighting my page, toes gently toasting, and the quiet tick-tock of the clock. And as she listened, the tick-tock of the clock on the wall seemed to fill her head and as Alana's lips moved all she could hear was a strange drone that only her ears could decipher. The search for rhythmic patterns is so ingrained that given the persistent ticking of a clock we organise the beat into a pattern of tick-tock. You can feel it throbbing and it's this, like the tick-tock of a clock, that sends you back to sleep. Synonyms clicking, click, clack, clacking, click-clack, ticking, tick-tock, snick, snicking, plock, plocking, beat, tap, tapping 1.1US informal A piece of journalism that presents a detailed chronology of events. as modifier a tick-tock account of what went into the planning and execution of the raid I'm doing a tick-tock on the new economic policy Example sentencesExamples They were concerned about having the ability to recreate a chronology, a tick-tock of what had happened. One of the regular features in the Wall Street Journal was the "tick-tock", an inside-the-boardroom reconstruction of a big deal. A fine piece of reporting lays out in tick-tock form how the program allowed itself to be taken in by the sloppy frauds. Both of them have done in-depth tick-tocks and post-mortems which are well worth reading. The script at each stop was a tick-tock of his accomplishments sprinkled with sharp jabs at Republicans. It serves no purpose to go back and do the tick-tock. If you want something of a play-by-play on what happened, he has a pretty good tick-tock on the specifics. Other papers might have left the US business bible standing when news of the purchase broke, but the tick-tock, delivered later, would serve as a devastatingly definitive account. On Friday, we'll give you a tick-tock countdown on what's going to happen from Friday to Monday. Just to give you a bit of a tick-tock here, the president is going to make his way through the crowd. The tick-tock of his misdeeds indicates that he shrewdly exploited his bosses' sympathy for his psychological problems. verbˈtɪktɑkˈtiktäk [no object] Make a ticking sound. 滴答响 the clock on the wall was tick-tocking 墙上的钟滴答滴答响。 Example sentencesExamples Not a sound was to be heard anywhere; the place had nearly reached the mystical non-existent state, supposing there was one, was it not for the clock which tirelessly tick-tocked its way through the smooth black silk of silence. Mindful of the time, he watched the clock tick-tock its way towards 7:15. The metronome is a nice reference tool, but if you don't have one to practice with, think of the arm of a grandfather clock tick-tocking back and forth. Synonyms click, clack, tick-tock, snick, plock, beat, tap Origin Mid 19th century: imitative; compare with tick.
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