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–noun

1.	a strong cotton fabric, usually twilled, used esp. in making cloth ticks.

2.	a similar cloth in satin weave or Jacquard, used esp. for mattress covers.

[Origin: 1635–45; tick³ + -ing¹

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tick¹ Audio Help (tĭk) Pronunciation Key
n.

A light, sharp, clicking sound made repeatedly by a machine, such as a clock.
Chiefly British A moment.
A light mark used to check off or call attention to an item.
Informal A unit on a scale; a degree: when interest rates move up a tick.

v. ticked, tick·ing, ticks

v. intr.

To emit recurring clicking sounds: as the clock ticked.
To function characteristically or well: machines ticking away; curious about what makes people tick.

v. tr.

To count or record with or as if with the sound of ticks: a clock ticking the hours; a taxi meter ticking the fare.
To mark or check off (a listed item) with a tick: ticked off each name as the roll was called.

Phrasal Verb(s):
tick off Informal
To make angry or annoyed: Constant delays ticked me off.

[Middle English tek, light tap.]

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tick·ing Audio Help (tĭk'ĭng) Pronunciation Key
n. A strong, tightly woven fabric of cotton or linen used to make pillow and mattress coverings.

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ticking

"cloth covering for mattresses or pillows," 1649, from tyke (modern tick) with the same meaning (1342), probably from M.Du. tike, a W.Gmc. borrowing of L. theca "case," from Gk. theke "a case, box, cover, sheath" (see theco-).

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ticking
noun
1.	a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock" [syn: tick]
2.	a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers

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Ticking

Tick\, n. [LL. techa, teca, L. theca case, Gr. ?, fr. ? to put. See Thesis.]

1. The cover, or case, of a bed, mattress, etc., which contains the straw, feathers, hair, or other filling.

2. Ticking. See Ticking, n.

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Ticking

Tick\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ticked; p. pr. & vb. n. Ticking.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. D. tikken, LG. ticken.]

1. To make a small or repeating noise by beating or otherwise, as a watch does; to beat.

2. To strike gently; to pat.

Stand not ticking and toying at the branches. --Latimer.

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Ticking

Tick"en\, n. See Ticking. [R.] --R. Browning.

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