Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tick away

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.79 in modern English

Syllables
tick- -away
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) of something).

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

ticks away (present, singular) ticking away (participle, present) ticked away (participle, past) ticked away (past)

Questions

What does tick away mean?
To count down to zero (i.e. signaling the end (or start) of something).

How to pronounce tick away

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