"ticktock" meaning in English

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Interjection

  1. Alternative form of tick-tock. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tick-tock
    Sense id: en-ticktock-en-intj-IyOZ0IRB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 36 33

Noun

Forms: ticktocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} ticktock (plural ticktocks)
  1. Alternative form of tick-tock. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tick-tock
    Sense id: en-ticktock-en-noun-IyOZ0IRB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 36 33

Verb

Forms: ticktocks [present, singular, third-person], ticktocking [participle, present], ticktocked [participle, past], ticktocked [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} ticktock (third-person singular simple present ticktocks, present participle ticktocking, simple past and past participle ticktocked)
  1. Alternative form of tick-tock. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: tick-tock
    Sense id: en-ticktock-en-verb-IyOZ0IRB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 36 33

Inflected forms

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