ticking

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++tick·ing /ˈtɪkɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]  DHHa thick strong cotton cloth used for making mattress and pillow covers 〔用于制作床垫套或枕套的〕结实厚棉布

Examples from the Corpus

ticking• Once the minerals in a rock are formed, any radioactive elements in those minerals keep ticking away.• Report repeated two and a half second ticking sounds from plane.• Upon its arrival home on March 26, H-4 was still ticking.• The only sound came from the ticking of a clock.• In the silence she heard the ticking of the carriage clock.• Repetitive stimuli are relegated to background noise and, like the ticking of that clock, are not heard until they stop.• In the brooding silences the ticking of the clock seemed to become louder.• That was where the ticking was coming from, thought Endill.Origin ticking (1600-1700) tick “rough cloth” ((15-20 centuries)), probably from Middle Dutch tike

tick·ing nounChineseSyllable  

for used cloth a thick Corpus making strong cotton

ticking
tick‧ing /ˈtɪkɪŋ/ noun [uncountable]a thick strong cotton cloth used for making mattress and pillow covers

tick·ingBrE /ˈtɪkɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtɪkɪŋ/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a type of strong cotton cloth that is often striped, used especially for making mattress and pillow covers （尤指做床垫和枕芯套的）结实条纹棉布