tockn.

/tɒk/

Etymology: Echoic: compare tick-tock n. and tock v.

A short, hollow sound, deeper and more resonant than a tick, as of a cricket bat striking the ball. Also reduplicated as tock-tock.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > clap or clop

clapa1616

hand-clapping1627

handclap1743

klop1841

clop1901

clap-clap1909

tock-tock1937

1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali viii. 238 When everything is ready, at the tock-tock of the dalang's toe-hammer, the orchestra begins to play.

1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone vi. 74 The tock of the arrows in the targets—which was as sleepy to listen to as the noise of a lawn-mower.

1971 J. Betjeman in Listener 18 Nov. 688/1 Near splash of dive and tock of cricket stroke How straight the crematorium driveway lies.

1982 J. S. Borthwick Case of Hook-Billed Kites (1983) lxv. 222 ‘Would you settle for a helicopter?’.. High up..she saw a small mechanical dragonfly coming closer, the dry tock-tock of the motor now clearly audible.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

tockv.

/tɒk/

Etymology: Echoic; compare tick-tock n.

intransitive. To make a sound similar to tick n.³ 2, but slightly lower and therefore more resonant. Esp. of a clock, and in to tick and tock.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > tick

tick1721

tick-tick1755

tick-tack1842

tock1913

tick-tock1921

1913 J. Masefield Daffodil Fields 72 A stately time~piece ticked and tocked.

1917 S. Graham Priest of Ideal xxxi. 306 The comfortable grandfather clock ticked and tocked temperamentally.

1961 H. R. F. Keating Rush on Ultimate iv. 69 There were tears in her eyes as Sebastian's second ball tocked against the peg.

1967 T. Keneally Bring Larks iv. 24 Their ears, drenched by the south wind, tocked like clocks, thumped like sails.

1970 W. Brown in K. Ramchand & C. Gray West Indian Poetry (1972) 14 The clock tocked and the stable dried.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	tock
释义	tockn. /tɒk/ Etymology: Echoic: compare tick-tock n. and tock v. A short, hollow sound, deeper and more resonant than a tick, as of a cricket bat striking the ball. Also reduplicated as tock-tock. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sharp or hard sound > [noun] > clap or clop clapa1616 hand-clapping1627 handclap1743 klop1841 clop1901 clap-clap1909 tock-tock1937 1937 M. Covarrubias Island of Bali viii. 238 When everything is ready, at the tock-tock of the dalang's toe-hammer, the orchestra begins to play. 1938 T. H. White Sword in Stone vi. 74 The tock of the arrows in the targets—which was as sleepy to listen to as the noise of a lawn-mower. 1971 J. Betjeman in Listener 18 Nov. 688/1 Near splash of dive and tock of cricket stroke How straight the crematorium driveway lies. 1982 J. S. Borthwick Case of Hook-Billed Kites (1983) lxv. 222 ‘Would you settle for a helicopter?’.. High up..she saw a small mechanical dragonfly coming closer, the dry tock-tock of the motor now clearly audible. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2018). tockv. /tɒk/ Etymology: Echoic; compare tick-tock n. intransitive. To make a sound similar to tick n.³ 2, but slightly lower and therefore more resonant. Esp. of a clock, and in to tick and tock. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > tick tick1721 tick-tick1755 tick-tack1842 tock1913 tick-tock1921 1913 J. Masefield Daffodil Fields 72 A stately time~piece ticked and tocked. 1917 S. Graham Priest of Ideal xxxi. 306 The comfortable grandfather clock ticked and tocked temperamentally. 1961 H. R. F. Keating Rush on Ultimate iv. 69 There were tears in her eyes as Sebastian's second ball tocked against the peg. 1967 T. Keneally Bring Larks iv. 24 Their ears, drenched by the south wind, tocked like clocks, thumped like sails. 1970 W. Brown in K. Ramchand & C. Gray West Indian Poetry (1972) 14 The clock tocked and the stable dried. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1937v.1913
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