colloq. or slang. [f. TICK v.2 + -ING2.] That ‘ticks’ or ‘goes on tick’; that gives ‘tick’ or credit; dealing on credit, running into debt.
1673. Wycherley, Gentl. Dancing Master, Prol. Ready to engage Against the flouting, ticking gentry who Citizen, player, poet, would undo.
