Definitions for: Ticking


[n] a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers
[n] a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: tick

See Also: cloth, fabric, material, sound, textile, ticktock, tictac, tocktact

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