ticking

7 letters · noun · scores 1,800 in SpellHuntr

noun

a metallic tapping sound

Ticking in a sentence

Harvey saw with disgust that there were no sheets on his bed-place. He was lying on a piece of dingy ticking full of lumps and nubbles.

Were they indeed the tickings of a hundred clocks — the fine low inward breathings of Time's children!

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