Ticktack

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs;


        tricktrack.
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              A game at ticktack with words.        --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ticktack \Tick"tack`\, adv.
     With a ticking noise, like that of a watch.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ticktack
       n : 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}]