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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  ticktack 
  n  :  (Brit)  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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