ticking

n.
A strong, tightly woven fabric of cotton or linen used to make pillow and mattress coverings.

A coat color pigmentation pattern in which hairs of one color are distributed in small groups throughout the background color, e.g. Australian cattle dog. Called also speckling.

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The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a metallic tapping sound
  Synonym: tick

Meaning #2: a strong fabric used for mattress and pillow covers

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bolster, drejl

idioms:

• ticking off    rulle afsted

Nederlands (Dutch)
tijk, getik

Français (French)
n. - tic-tac, toile à matelas, housse

idioms:

• ticking off    (GB) passer un savon à

Deutsch (German)
n. - Drillich, Drell

idioms:

• ticking off    (ugs.) Rüffel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στρωματσόπανο

idioms:

• ticking off    επίπληξη, κατσάδα, τσεκάρισμα, μαρκάρισμα

Italiano (Italian)
traliccio

idioms:

• ticking off    rimproverando

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pulsação (f), palpitação (f)

idioms:

• ticking off    chatear, importunar

Русский (Russian)
частый. равномерный стук часов/аппарата, (ткань) тик

idioms:

• ticking off    отчитать кого-л., накричать на кого-л.

Español (Spanish)
n. - terliz, cutí (tela de colchones), regañar

idioms:

• ticking off    reprimenda, bronca

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - bolstervarstyg, kuddvarstyg

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
坚质条纹棉布, 滴答响声

idioms:

• ticking off    责骂, 激怒

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 堅質條紋棉布, 滴答響聲

idioms:

• ticking off    責罵, 激怒

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 재깍거림, 2색 이상의 줄무늬

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - カチカチいう音, 丈夫な亜麻布

idioms:

• ticking off    叱責

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قماش أغلفه ألوسائد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אריג כותנה לציפיות ומזרונים, ציפה‬

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