Hickory Dickory
Clock-mouse rhyme start
Hickory dickory is nonsense syllables from the nursery rhyme "Hickory Dickory Dock," in which a mouse runs up a clock.
The phrase has no independent meaning but occasionally appears as playful filler or to evoke childhood rhymes: Hickory dickory, let's get this started.
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- nursery rhymeTraditional poem for young children
- nurseryRoom for infants
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- Mother GooseImaginary nursery rhyme creator
clock · grandfather clock · mouse · ran up · tick · tock · grandfather · pendulum · clock tower · chime · struck · one · ran · down · children · sing · song · lullaby
- nursery rhymeslullabies, Little Jack Horner, cradle songs, Old Mother Hubbard, nursery rhymes
semantic content
Hickory Dickorytechnical terminology
Specialized words within disciplines
legal language · funeral oration · technical jargon · sworn testimony
register and context
Hickory Dickoryfuneral oration
Speech praising the deceased
inaugural address · sworn testimony · technical manual · tax code