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Ticktack

Ticktack Meaning & Definition
Ticktack Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ticktack?

[n] (British) system of signalling by hand signs used by bookmakers at racetracks
[v] make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ticktack: beat | tick | ticktock

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ticktack:

See Also | go | sign | signal | signaling | sound

Ticktack In Webster's Dictionary

\Tick"tack`\, n. [See {Tick} to beat, to pat, and (for sense 2) cf. {Tricktrack}.] 1. A noise like that made by a clock or a watch. 2. A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack. A game at ticktack with words. --Milton.
\Tick"tack`\, adv. With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.

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