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tock - What does it mean?

Definition of 'tock'

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
  • Derived terms

    * tick-tock

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To produce such a sound.
  • * Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann
  • The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.
  • * 1967 , William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin
  • The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.

    Similar to 'tock'

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