tick-tock

== English == === Alternative forms === tick tock, ticktock === Etymology === Onomatopoeia based on tick. === Interjection === tick-tock The sound of the ticking of an analog clock. (colloquial) A warning of some fateful impending event. Near-synonym: clock is ticking ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === tick-tock (third-person singular simple present tick-tocks, present participle tick-tocking, simple past and past participle tick-tocked) To make continual clicking sounds like those of an analog clock; to tick. When marching, to swing arms and legs on the same side at the same time. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === tick-tock (plural tick-tocks) The sound of a ticking clock. (journalism) A step-by-step account of an event or timeline.