tick over
verb (intr, adverb)
Also: idle British
(of an engine) to run at low speed with the throttle control closed and the transmission disengaged
to run smoothly without any major changes
keep the firm ticking over until I get back
noun tick-over
British
- the speed of an engine when it is ticking over
- (as modifier)tick-over speed
Words nearby tick over
tick,
tick bird,
tick box,
tick fever,
tick off,
tick over,
tick paralysis,
tick trefoil,
tick typhus,
tick-bird,
tick-borne