What does "hickory dickory dock" mean?

Question

What does "hickory dickory dock" mean?

Answer 1

Nothing it doesn't have to, rhyming 'nonsense' words are a way to teach you children literacy.

Answer 2

its a lullably, its simply a rhyme.

Answer 3

I suppose it's just nonsense that rhymes with clock - never really thought about it before!  It's catchy though and it helps the children to remember when it's catchy.

Answer 4

#1

"Hickory, dickory, dock, the mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one," which is odd because hickory, dickory, dock means "eight, nine, ten," and who knows how we got straight from ten to one. The origin of hickory, dickory, dock is, if you go back far enough and allow for significant corruption, in the Celtic words for "eight," "nine," and "ten." The dock is the best preserved, noticeably similar to Welsh deg ("ten").

#2

A nonsense poem which uses alliteration where children mimic the sound of a clock chiming at the relevant point in the song. Hickory, dickory dock is intended to introduce children to the fundamentals of telling the time. Hickory, dickory dock is also known by another title "Hickory, dickory doc" inevitable perhaps due to the nonsensical nature of the words of Hickory, dickory dock! The first publication date for the "Hickory, dickory dock" rhyme is 1744. Investigation into the meanings of the words used in the rhyme led us to believe that it has its origins in America.

The Origins of Hickory

Hickory is a derived from the North American Indian word 'pawcohiccora' which is an oily milk-like liquor that is pressed from pounded hickory nuts. The word `Pohickory'' was contained in a list of Virginia trees published in 1653. The word ' Pohickory' was subsequently shortened to `hickory.'

The Origins of Dock

Dock is a species of plant which has the Latin name of Rumex crispus. A well-known weed which has a long taproot making it difficult to exterminate. The Dock plant can be used as an astringent or tonic and many of us would have experienced the healing properties of the Dock leaf after being stung by a stinging nettle!

Answer 5

its part of a nursery rhyme for children

i think it goes something like this :

"hickory dickory dock the mouse ran up the clock...."

Answer 6

It means the mouse ran up the clock, lol

Sorry couldnt pass it up but if there is a meaning behind that its news to me.