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Synonyms for ticking
ˈtɪk ɪŋtick·ing

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tick, tickingnoun

    a metallic tapping sound

    "he counted the ticks of the clock"

    Synonyms:
    check mark, check, tick

  2. tickingnoun

    a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers

    Synonyms:
    tick

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. tickingnoun

    Synonyms:
    bed-ticking, tick

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "ticking":

    tick-tock, time-bomb, checking, canvas

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How to use ticking in a sentence?

  1. Jonathan Turley:

    It's absolutely a possibility, you reunite the family ; a clock is ticking. If it goes beyond 20 days, you either release the entire family, which is similar to the Obama policy that the President wants to change.

  2. Darren Cahill:

    Our lives are in a little bit of a different place to what a player's life is because most coaches have families, you are putting kids through school, you have medical expenses, whatever it might be. So we rely on that income to keep our lives ticking over, and there's been no recourse for us.

  3. Rahul Shah:

    Valuations have been ticking up a little bit, but there have been many times in market history where valuations stay above average for a while.

  4. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond:

    For the moment we are not in a position to begin substantive negotiations immediately and therefore it would be unwise to start the process ticking by triggering Article 50.

  5. Phoebe Fox:

    Most of the time it becomes about trying to mitigate how much fun you are having, it becomes sort inappropriate or the time is ticking, we're trying to get the scene and people keep laughing. It's helped by the fact we really like each other.


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