A clock is commonly said to make the sound of 'tick tock' - the sound being made by a mechanical escapement.
tick-tock
The sound of a clock depends on its size if the clock is that big you determine it as a hard sound and if its a smaller one then it would be classified as a soft sound =)
A clock ticks.
it is called crazy or if the clock is cooking
The sound of a clock is commonly called: Tick Tock.
The word clock has a short O vowel sound, as in dock, clot, and dot.
'tick' only
The O in clock is a short O sound (aah) as in the words dock, clot, and top.
Lock has a short O sound (ah). It rhymes with block, clock, and stock.
"Tick-tock" is the general English onomatopoeia for the sound made by an analog clock.
The problem with the wording in "Startled by the noise, the alarm clock was knocked on the floor" is that it makes it sound like the alarm clock was startled. It would be better written: "Startled by the alarm clock, I knocked it on the floor."
some do when they tick...
A toy clock