tock
/tɑk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "When Cyrus left her there by herself she stood quite still and listened to the sounds, a variety of ticks and tocks, faint beats and flutters."
- "The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door."
- "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."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /tɑk/