Subscriber login
Password
Forgot your password?
Library card login
Login with Shibboleth® »
Login with Athens »
Close menu
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The world's most trusted dictionaries
About
Subscriber services
What's new
Contact us
Help
Subscribe now
Already a subscriber or in a subscribing organization?
Login
Dictionary
Other language resources
US English
World English
Dictionary
Better writing
World of words
Puzzles and games
For children and schools
For learners of English
Email
Cite
ticking
(tick|ing)
Pronunciation:
/ˈtɪkɪŋ/
noun
[
mass noun
]
a strong, durable material, typically striped, used to cover mattresses.
Origin:
mid 17th century
: from
tick
3
+
-ing
1
Search results in the dictionary
tick
1
tick away/by/past
in
tick
1
tick over
in
tick
1
tick someone off
in
tick
1
tick something off
in
tick
1
tick all the
right
boxes
in
tick
1
More results »
More words in this category
brocade
cotton gin
Crimplene
dress
dungaree
Fair Isle
flock wallpaper
knotting
lustre
1
nainsook
Naugahyde
osnaburg
ottoman
peau de soie
shag
1
sponge cloth
throwster
unwoven
weight
Nearby Words
ticker tape
ticket
ticket holder
ticket of leave
ticket office
tickety-boo
tickey
tickey box
tickey-draai
ticking
tickle
tickler
ticklish
tickly
tickover
tickseed
ticky-tacky
Ticonderoga
tidal