English Explanatory Dictionary

ticking clock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A literary device in which the protagonist has a strict time limit, used to heighten tension.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tick, clock.

Word forms

ticking clock
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