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Jigneshbharati Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Tick-tocking

Nelly put on her hat, which made her look beautiful, and there in the calm of the tick-tocking evening they sat by the fire and dined.
I read the above in my son's reading book.
What does "tick-tocking" mean?
Is it an adjective modifying "evening " here?

  

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Jigneshbharati What does "tick-tocking" mean? Ticking sound made by the clock.

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  • Jigneshbharati What does "tick-tocking" mean?
  • Ticking sound made by the clock.
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JigneshbharatiWhat does "tick-tocking" mean?

Ticking sound made by the clock.

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JigneshbharatiWhat does "tick-tocking" mean?

It is an evening where you hear this kind of sound in the background all the time.

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