Ticking - meaning and definition. What is Ticking
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What (who) is Ticking - definition


ticking         
¦ noun a strong, durable material, typically striped, used to cover mattresses.
Origin
C17: from tick4 + -ing1.
ticking         
see tick
ticking         
n.
Bed-ticking, tick, ticken.

Wikipedia

Ticking
Ticking is a type of cloth, traditionally a tightly-woven cotton or linen textile. It is traditionally used to cover tick mattresses and bed pillows.
Examples of use of Ticking
1. Ticking bombs "Many leaders feel that there are ultranationalists wandering around, some ‘ticking bombs‘," Barakeh said.
2. The countdown clocks began ticking shortly afterward.
3. The clock on the Afghanistan Compact is thus ticking.
4. Quickly, the clock‘s ticking, and so is this pacemaker.
5. "I‘m still just a guy who‘s [ticking] off my wife."