Contextualizebeta

ticking clock

noun

Definitions

  1. A literary device in which the protagonist has a strict time limit, used to heighten…

    A literary device in which the protagonist has a strict time limit, used to heighten tension.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tick, clock.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ticking clock. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA