Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ticktack"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ticktack \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ticktack \Tick"tack`\, adv.
With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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" [syn: {tick},
{ticktock}, {beat}]
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