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Tocked vs Ticked - What's the difference?

tocked | ticked |

As verbs the difference between tocked and ticked

is that tocked is past tense of tock while ticked is past tense of tick.

As an adjective ticked is

ticked off; annoyed.

tocked

English

Verb

(head)
  • (tock)

    • tock

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.

    • Derived terms

    * tick-tock

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To produce such a sound.
  • * Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann
    • The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.
  • * 1967 , William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin
    • The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.

    ticked

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Ticked off; annoyed.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (tick)