noun
- the sound made by a clock or watch, especially the second of two sounds in regular succession
Usage: usually paired with ‘tick’
Examples
- The old grandfather clock went tick-tock throughout the night.
- She could hear the steady tick-tock of the kitchen clock.
- The metronome’s tick-tock helped her keep time while playing piano.
- Every tock of the clock reminded him that time was running out.
- The silence was broken only by the gentle tick-tock from the mantelpiece.
- Children often imitate the tick-tock sound when pretending to be clocks.