单词 | tick-a-tick |
释义 | tick-a-tickn. An imitation of the sound of a clock or watch; ticking; in quot. 1805, throbbing of the pulse. (Cf. tick-tack n., tick-tick n.) ΚΠ 1805 in Spirit of Public Jrnls. (1806) 9 243 Munro shall count of pulse his tick-a-tick. 1883 D. R. Sellars in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets 6th Ser. 157 Tick-a-tick, tick-a-tick, My old clock's voice I hear. Derivatives tick-a-tack n. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > regular or alternating rhythm > ticking tick-tackc1550 tick1680 ticking1748 tick-ticka1777 tick-tock1847 tick-ticking1897 tick-a-tack1898 tick-tockinga1947 1898 Doyle in Speaker 5 Mar. 298/1 The clock goes tick-a-tack. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1805 |
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