Meaning of tick a lock | Babel Free

Definitions

To keep quiet or keep a secret.

Examples

““Tick-a-lock,” he pronounced; all the while twisting his fingers about his lips, and further all the while holding to his constant, dramatic, and overly-serious stare over me.”

“When Lesnar comes back, either at WWE Survivor Series 2012 or on a future program, he just needs to tick a lock.”

“Exaggerate the “tick a lock” symbol on your lips and press the palms of your hands down toward the floor as a reminder to Madame Celine if she babbles on incessantly in her thick, French Canadian accent, bickering to her beloved husband, Rene, about their trio of boys-will-be-boys sons and her recurrent professional fears that a) she only takes home one award at the Grammy's next year, and b) she contracts tonsillitis and suffers a bout of subsequent prolonged laryngitis.”

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