Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913 Ticking Tick′ing, n. [From Tick a bed cover. Cf. Ticken.] A strong, closely woven linen or cotton fabric, of which ticks for beds are made. It is usually twilled, and woven in stripes of different colors, as white and blue; — called also ticken. ‹ Ticketing Tickle ›