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ˈtick-over
[f. vbl. phr. to tick over: see tick v.1 2 d.]
1. The running of an internal combustion engine while out of gear or at a low rate of revolutions. Cf. ticking over s.v. ticking vbl. n.1 5.
1931Flight 2 Oct. 990/2 All engines were tested on a hangar with a propeller fitted before going away, for opening and for tick-over. 1960Times 27 Sept. 5/3 The tick-over is inevitably ‘lumpy’ and uneven. 1981P. O'Donnell Xanadu Talisman iii. 60 The tick-over became a roar as a motor was revved.
2. attrib., as tick-over speed.
1965[see idle v. 4 a]. 1978Country Life 10 Aug. 393/1 A Mercedez-Benz dieselcar..at tickover speeds..almost runs on pure air. |