"tock" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: tocks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɒk Head templates: {{en-noun}} tock (plural tocks)
  1. (used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock. Derived forms: tick-tock
    Sense id: en-tock-en-noun-lt-wzN69

Verb [English]

Forms: tocks [present, singular, third-person], tocking [participle, present], tocked [participle, past], tocked [past]
Rhymes: -ɒk Head templates: {{en-verb}} tock (third-person singular simple present tocks, present participle tocking, simple past and past participle tocked)
  1. To produce such a sound.
    Sense id: en-tock-en-verb-v3tH~-OD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86

Inflected forms

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      "rhymes": "-ɒk"
    },
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      "homophone": "talk (cot–caught merger)"
    }
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        },
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          "ref": "1967, William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin:",
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