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Ticked vs Tinked - What's the difference?

ticked | tinked |

As verbs the difference between ticked and tinked

is that ticked is past tense of tick while tinked is past tense of tink.

As an adjective ticked

is ticked off; annoyed.

ticked

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Ticked off; annoyed.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (tick)

    • tinked

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tink)

    • tink

    English

    Etymology 1

    Imitative.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To emit a high-pitched noise.
    • Jimmy heard the bells tink .
    Synonyms
    * tinkle
    References
    [http://www.thefreedictionary.com/tink]

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (dated) A sharp, quick sound; a tinkle.

    • Etymology 2

    knit spelled backwards.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (knitting, slang, transitive) To unknit.
  • * Amy Lane, A Knitter in His Natural Habitat (page 48)
    • Stanley knitted when he should have purled and swore, tinking the knitting back to fix the flaw.
  • * 2006 , Heather Dixon, Not Your Mama's Knitting (page 89)
    • If the stitch you need to fix is on the last or previous row, a bit of unknitting, or “tinking ” as it is known by some knitters, is all that is needed to get back to the point where you can mend your mistake.

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