[f. TICK v.1 + -ING2.] That ticks, as a clock, etc.; making or characterized by a succession of ticks.
1566. in Peacock, Eng. Ch. Furniture (1866), 116. A hammes hudde [= amice hood] and tickynge belle.
1721. Bradley, Philos. Acc. Wks. Nat., 154. That ticking Noise, which is commonly called a Death-Watch.
