Definition of "tick-tock" [tick-tock]

• To make continual clicking sounds like that of an analog clock. (verb)

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• "The tick-tock of the brown clock on the mantelpiece is loud and the tap that Tada has mended three times drip-drips in the scullery."
• "Second, if it wasn't a big deal -- or at least played up by the West Wing -- we would not have had a tick-tock on everything from the location to the choices of beer brands."
• "On one hand, I liked the tick-tock on what went down on the boat — that was solid stuff."