ticking

English Thesaurus

1. a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	cloth, fabric, material, textile,
definition	:	artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers (noun.artifact)

2. a metallic tapping sound (noun.event)

hypernym	:	sound,
definition	:	the sudden occurrence of an audible event (noun.event)

hyponym	:	ticktock, tictac, tocktact,
definition	:	steady recurrent ticking sound as made by a clock (noun.event)

3. a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	retick, tick,
definition	:	sew (verb.contact)

4. a metallic tapping sound (noun.event)

derivation	:	beat, tick, ticktack, ticktock,
definition	:	make a sound like a clock or a timer (verb.perception)

derivation	:	click, tick,
definition	:	make a clicking or ticking sound (verb.perception)

5. a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	retick, tick,
definition	:	sew (verb.contact)

6. a metallic tapping sound (noun.event)

derivation	:	beat, tick, ticktack, ticktock,
definition	:	make a sound like a clock or a timer (verb.perception)

derivation	:	click, tick,
definition	:	make a clicking or ticking sound (verb.perception)