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tick⋅tock

  [tik-tok]
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–noun
1. an alternating ticking sound, as that made by a clock.
–verb (used without object)
2. to emit or produce a ticking sound, like that of a clock.
Also, tictoc.

Origin:
1840–50; imit.
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tick·tock   (tĭk'tŏk')   
n.  The ticking sound made by a clock.

[Imitative.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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