tock

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒk
• Homophone: talk (cot–caught merger)

Noun

tock (plural tocks)

1. (used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.

Derived terms

• tick-tock

Verb

tock (third-person singular simple present tocks, present participle tocking, simple past and past participle tocked)

1. To produce such a sound.
   • 2002, Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann:

     The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.

   • 1967, William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin:

     The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.