Tick tock
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Tick tock is the general English language
onomatopoeia for the sound made by an analog clock
. Sometimes, tic tac (which is a Latin
ized form of foreign languages) can also be used to illustrate the same sound.
Tick tock may also refer to:
In music:
In other uses:
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
onomatopoeia for the sound made by an analog clock
Clock
A clock is an instrument used to indicate, keep, and co-ordinate time. The word clock is derived ultimately from the Celtic words clagan and clocca meaning "bell". A silent instrument missing such a mechanism has traditionally been known as a timepiece...
. Sometimes, tic tac (which is a Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
ized form of foreign languages) can also be used to illustrate the same sound.
Tick tock may also refer to:
In music:
- The Tick Tock CompanionThe Tick Tock CompanionThe Tick Tock Companion is an EP by Joy Electric. It was released exclusively through the band's website shortly after the release of The Tick Tock Treasury.On this CD, bandleader Ronnie Martin is joined by synthesists Eric Melzer and Mike Perez....
, an extended play by Joy Electric - The Tick Tock TreasuryThe Tick Tock TreasuryThe Tick Tock Treasury is an album by Joy Electric. Martin yet again turns in the opposite direction of his previous album, weaving together much simpler, stripped down arrangements.-Track listing:#"The Tick Tock Treasury" – 6:14...
, an album released by Joy Electric - "Tic Toc", a single released by dancehall artist Baby Cham
- "TiK ToK", the debut single by American recording artist Ke$ha
- "IDF Tik TokIDF Tik TokIDF Tik Tok, originally uploaded to YouTube as Batallion 50 Rock the Hebron Casbah and posted on Facebook under the name Rock the Casbah, is a viral amateur dance video in the flash mob style produced by soldiers in the Israel Defense Forces .The video was filmed in 2010 by soldiers serving in the...
" a viral video in which Israeli soldiers on patrol in Hebron dance to Ke$ha's song.
- "IDF Tik Tok
- "Tick Tock" (song)Tick Tock (song)"Tick Tock" is the third single taken from British R&B singer Lemar's third album The Truth About Love. The single was confirmed for release by music retailer HMV UK and was released on 19 March 2007....
, a single released by R&B singer Lemar - "11 O'Clock Tick Tock11 O'Clock Tick Tock"11 O'Clock Tick Tock" was U2's second single, released 23 May 1980. It followed their debut EP "Three" and the single "Another Day". It was released prior to their debut album, Boy.-History:...
", a single released by the band U2 - Tick Tock (band)Tick Tock (band)Tick Tock is a music group from Puerto Rico. Joseph Alicea Lopez, now known as Jo-Joe from Los Super Reyes, was a former band member of the group.-Marcando el Reggaeton:...
, a Hispanic band - Tic-Toc, a promotional single by Belanova included on the album Sueño Electro IISueño Electro IISueño Electro II is the fifth studio album from the Mexican synth-pop band Belanova, and is the second half of the Sueño Electro project. The album was recorded simultaneously with the fourth album, Sueño Electro I, and features a similar musical style and continued experimentation, this time into...
In other uses:
- Tick Tock, a dance from the musical CompanyCompany (musical)Company is a musical with a book by George Furth and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The original production was nominated for a record-setting fourteen Tony Awards and won six....
- "Tick Tock TuckeredTick Tock TuckeredTick Tock Tuckered is a 1944 Looney Tunes cartoon. A color remake of the cartoon Porky's Badtime Story featuring Porky Pig and Gabby Goat, it was directed by the same director of the previous film: Bob Clampett.-Plot:...
", a 1944 Looney Tunes cartoon - Tick, Tock, You're Dead, the second novel in the Give Yourself Goosebumps series
- Ticktock (novel)Ticktock (novel)Ticktock, a novel by best-selling author Dean Koontz, has as its protagonist a Vietnamese-American named toung/Tommy Phan who one day finds a mysterious doll on his doorstep. He soon discovers that the doll contains an evil creature, which is determined to kill him.-Plot summary:The story opens...
, a Dean Koontz novel - Tick-TockTick-TockTick-Tock is a fictional character, a mutant in the Marvel Comics Universe.-Publication history:Tick-Tock's first appearance was in Spider-Woman #50 , and he was created by Ann Nocenti and Brian Postman....
, a fictional mutant from the Marvel Comics universe - Tik-Tok (Oz), a character from the Land of Oz books
- Tik-Tok of OzTik-Tok of OzTik-Tok of Oz is the eighth Land of Oz book written by L. Frank Baum, published on June 19, 1914. The book actually has little to do with Tik-Tok and is primarily the quest of the Shaggy Man to rescue his brother, and his resulting conflict with the Nome King.The endpapers of the first edition...
, a book in the Oz series - Tik-Tok (novel)Tik-Tok (novel)Tik-Tok is a 1983 science fiction novel by John Sladek. It received a 1983 British Science Fiction Association Award. A later paperback edition was issued by Gollancz in 2002.-Plot summary:...
, a novel about a robot named after the Land of Oz character
- Tik-Tok of Oz
- Andrew QuickAndrew QuickAndrew Quick, known as the Tick-Tock Man to his followers, is a fictional character created by Stephen King appearing in The Dark Tower series...
, The Tick-Tock Man, a character from The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands by Stephen King - Intel Tick-TockIntel Tick-Tock"Tick-Tock" is a model, of Jones Farm 5 and adopted by chip manufacturer Intel Corporation since 2007 to follow every microarchitectural change with shrinking of the process technology. Every "tick" is a shrinking of process technology of the previous microarchitecture and every "tock" is a new...
, a microprocessor development model