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Term: tickety-tick-tickety

Description:

Tickety-tick-tickety is an onomatopoeic term that represents a rapid and rhythmic sound resembling ticking or tapping. It is often used to describe the sound made by a clock, typewriter, or similar mechanism.

Senses and Usages:

1. (Noun) The rhythmic sound of ticking or tapping:
    - The tickety-tick-tickety of the old grandfather clock filled the room.
    - I love the soothing tickety-tick-tickety of rain on the windowpane. 2. (Adjective) Describing something that makes a tickety-tick-tickety sound:
    - I enjoy the nostalgic feeling of using a tickety-tick-tickety typewriter.
    - The tickety-tick-tickety beat of the drum set the pace for the performance. 3. (Adverb) In a manner that produces a tickety-tick-tickety sound:
    - She tapped her fingers tickety-tick-tickety on the desk impatiently.
    - The horse galloped tickety-tick-tickety across the open field. 4. (Interjection) Used to imitate a tickety-tick-tickety sound:
    - Tickety-tick-tickety, the train sped along the tracks.
    - Tickety-tick-tickety, went the typewriter as she wrote her novel.

Sample Sentences:

- The old clock on the wall went tickety-tick-tickety as the minutes passed.
- She could hear the tickety-tick-tickety of the typewriter in the next room.
- The child imitated the tickety-tick-tickety of the toy train as it went around the tracks.
- He played the tambourine, creating a tickety-tick-tickety rhythm that got everyone dancing.
- The rain fell tickety-tick-tickety on the rooftop, lulling her to sleep.

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